wat0n wrote:Well, at least what happened after the irruption of the Gracchus brothers was in fact the undoing of the Roman republic.
Although even they can't be blamed for it, just like Trump wouldn't. Ultimately, both were symptoms of the actual problem...
(My Emphasis) Why should they be blamed for it not credited with it. Its weird because people are always accusing me of being a member of the far right, yet I seem to be the only one that questions why anyone but the most extreme right wing reactionary would grieve the demise of the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic had been a great success, no one can deny that. But that was before they ran into us
the Germanics. it was the entry of the Cimbri and the Teutones on to the stage of history that brought the ten year spaced Consular system to an end.
I'm no expert on the Roman Republic, but although it seems to me the closest thing to an actual capitalist state, a state where the capitalists rule and the more capital they own, the bigger the capitalists share in state power, my guess would be the Roman Republic had served its poorer citizens well, giving them good opportunities for upward social mobility. But by the time of the Gracchi the social compact was starting to break down and inequality had risen to horrendous levels. The electoral system of Rome at that point was more reactionary than England before the 1832 reform act (Although I'm not so sure about Scotland which was very lucky to have had the liberalising influence of the 1707 Anschluss with England). The majority of Rome's citizens were right to welcome Caesar and Augustus's overthrow of the Republic.