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Does Society Turn More Violent During its End Times?

October 27, 2018

Does Society Turn More Violent During its End Times? QUESTION: Is MMA the new Roman Colosseum? I’m a layman in history but didn’t blood sports rise in popularity during Rome’s decline? Now everyone and their mother is talking about MMA, and random celebrities e.g. Logan Paul or now Trump Jr. are jumping in the octagon or […]

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As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown

October 24, 2018

As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown Our politicians, under the influence of big business, have failed us. As they take the planet to the brink, it’s time for disruptive, nonviolent disobedience Illustration by Bill Bragg It is hard to believe today, but the prevailing ethos […]

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Beware of the Real Debt Crisis on the Horizon – not the BS on TV

October 2, 2018

Beware of the Real Debt Crisis on the Horizon – not the BS on TV We have to come to the reality that from 2019 onward, we are headed into a Pension Crisis that will be serious. Many are starting to yell about the debt crisis. They lump on private debt and yell its a […]

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The Return of the Inquisition: Do you confess?

September 29, 2018

The Return of the Inquisition: Do you confess? In 279 BC, the vast army of King Pyrrhus of Epirus was met by Roman forces at the Battle of Asculum in southern Italy, in what would be one of the costliest military engagements of ancient history. Pyrrhus fancied himself the second coming of Alexander the Great […]

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So, You Think Science Will Save the World? Are You Sure?

August 29, 2018

So, You Think Science Will Save the World? Are You Sure? I understand that by publishing this post I may be giving ammunition to the anti-science crowd. But we can’t just hide in the ivory tower and tell people that science is perfect as it is. We need deep reforms in the way science is […]

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How Mises Explained the Fall of Rome

How Mises Explained the Fall of Rome An excerpt from Mises’ classic work, ‘Human Action’. Observations on the Causes of the Decline of Ancient Civilization Knowledge of the effects of government interference with market prices makes us comprehend the economic causes of a momentous historical event, the decline of ancient civilization. It may be left […]

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New Data Reveal the Hidden Mechanisms of the Collapse of the Roman Empire

New Data Reveal the Hidden Mechanisms of the Collapse of the Roman Empire The reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire have remained a mystery for modern historians, just as for the Romans themselves. Yet, recent data from the Greenland ice core provide us with new data on collapse of the Empire, showing […]

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Five Things You Should Know About Collapse

Five Things You Should Know About Collapse The Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was perhaps the first in history to identify and discuss collapse and to note that “the way to ruin is rapid.” From Seneca’s idea, Ugo Bardi coined the term “Seneca Effect” to describe all cases where things go bad fast and used […]

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As the World Turns

As the World Turns In the liberty movement, we often refer to the historical tactic of the Roman “bread and circuses” when describing the deliberate mass distraction of the public of today. In the era when Roman emperors supplanted the senate and dominated political and social life, it was deemed advantageous to create various forms […]

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Donald Trump: Wise Emperor or Condemned to Damnatio Memoriae?

January 28, 2018

Donald Trump: Wise Emperor or Condemned to Damnatio Memoriae? About one year ago, shortly before the US elections, I published a post on Cassandra’s Legacy where I wondered what Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would look like if they were Roman Emperors. I reasoned that the Roman Empire of the 1st and 2nd Century AD […]

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Rome: A Eulogy

January 19, 2018

Rome: A Eulogy When we find ourselves in times of trouble, we could do worse than plunge into The Academy of Western Civilization. So let me take you down on a stroll around the ultimate theo-geopolitical space: the Eternal City, a.k.a. Caput Mundi (“wonder of the world”). In Adonais, Shelley urged “Go thou to Rome” […]

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Euro – a disaster – failed monetary unions past and present

January 18, 2018

Euro – a disaster – failed monetary unions past and present A glance at history The beginnings of monetary union can be traced back to attempts to unify the coin standard. Emperor Augustus successfully unified the coins in the Roman Empire – for over 400 years the gold coins were minted almost exclusively with the […]

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Rome’s “Empire Without End” and the “Endless” U.S. War on Terror

January 10, 2018

Rome’s “Empire Without End” and the “Endless” U.S. War on Terror Replaying the Roman Civil Wars in Reverse Since 9/11 L’incendie de Rome, Hubert Robert (c. 1785) That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on […]

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The Romans and Us. Why State Violence is on the Rise

January 9, 2018

The Romans and Us. Why State Violence is on the Rise The Spanish police injured hundreds of people, including women and the elderly, during the referendum for the independence of Catalunya, in 2017 (image source). It was not the worst that states can do – and have have been doing – to their citizens, but […]

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Homework Assignment

September 29, 2017

Homework Assignment Poor old Karl Marx, tortured by boils and phantoms, was right about one thing: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Thus, I give you the Roman Empire and now the United States of America. Rome surrendered to time and entropy. Our method is to drive a gigantic clown car into […]

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