The decline of civilization? A discussion

[russia almighty]

c, do you think if a WRE emperor who acted like an effective dictator could have fixed those problems via purges, assassinations and ERE style, "Its for the greater good, so were taking your biz and capital?"

[cmacq]

If I remember correctly, this was your question, was it not?

No, they were fixable only if one could fix the sun. I think in the west the Senatorial Aristocracy said, 'lets declare bankruptcy' and started anew with the barbars as 'paid protection.' Then they pulled their scaley heads back into their shells and lived out the remainder of their short, miserable, cold-dark-little lives; until some time in the 600s. I think we should always remember that the fix to many things remain out of the reach of human hands?