8/7/23: Update to post made on Mar 4, 2012
Why no Roman Industrial Revolution?
This post seems more relevant today than it did then. We have a government that is dedicated to destroying its own country. You don't have to ask for many more reasons why a civilization failed. It had way too many people in powerful positions that did not give a damn about the country that they ruled...
As it applies to Rome, so shall it apply to America. There are simply way too many people that are supposedly in its service who care nothing for it, otherwise, they wouldn't be doing what they are doing. Not only what they are doing today, but things that they've done in prior years. The Obama Administration was going to destroy all work on molten- salt reactors, but it was discovered by patriots, so they couldn't. Instead of developing it fully, they gave away the technology to CHINA.
This is not an isolated example of their malevolence towards the people they claim to serve. After all, what the hell did we just go through with the COVID business? That was manufactured to HARM this country for political gain. To think otherwise is to put your heads in the sand. They'll gas light us all forever to cover it up, too. It hasn't given the results they really wanted, so they'll try something else. AGW will be their next excuse. If it isn't that, it will be something else.
It is the Tiberius Syndrome because the Emperor Tiberius had a man executed for inventing something revolutionary that would benefit all of world's people, but not Tiberius himself. That's how a civilization will eventually crumble into dust. It is not a hard thing to understand if you are willing to see things as they really are.
We have a lot of leaders in the GOP who claim to be all for "rule of law". But the Democrats trample all over it, and what do they do? Nothing! What could possibly be the reason for failure to do something when something is indicated? It is either malevolence, or indifference. Given that the GOP loves to run against its own base, I'd say more the former than the latter.
The Democrats are just plain hateful. The GOP COULD do something, but they won't. Yet, people wonder why the Roman Empire didn't have an Industrial Revolution. It didn't have one because the leadership didn't give a shit. History may not repeat, but it was famously said by someone to rhyme. It sure looks like that these days if you care to listen carefully enough.
the original post follows:
washingtonexaminer.com h/t Instapundit
quote:
Ironically, this point is made by the authors’ opening anecdote. As recounted by Pliny the Elder, a goldsmith proudly displayed to the Roman Emperor Tiberius a shiny plate he’d made from a new metal extracted from clay (aluminum) using a secret method only he understood.
The emperor was indeed impressed: He saw this new shiny metal as a possible threat to the value of his large gold and silver stockpiles, so instead of rewarding the goldsmith, he had him beheaded.
Comment:
My sentiments exactly.
It looks as if the politicians have already screwed up the thorium fuel cycle molten salt reactor. This would have improved life immensely, but it isn't available now, nor will it be unless something changes soon.
They may well have screwed up the space program and cold fusion. But that may seem to be a bit over the top, thus the use of the word "may". If only the thorium reactors were the only way the politicians screw things up.
For example, we get further restrictions on the ability to use energy. Prices go up, and the standard of living will go down. This doesn't have to happen, but it will if things continue in the direction that it is going.
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