• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    really makes me wonder where their deeply held conviction that the romans didn’t view their republic as a form of democracy comes from.

    Exactly how many of them are ancient history scholars anyway? Starting to think it’s a minority.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      4 months ago

      I mean… Like they have to know they didn’t study this stuff intensely. Its just Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh told them how to think and so that’s how they’re gonna think