Well that took me back to my College days. I’ll just add that in terms of Pax Romana and Roman expansion, it was very much driven by the needs of its Veterans. Ex Military were promised lands post their campaigning years. The drive for expansion was a lagging need to satisfy Veterans (as well as greed). Makes me think what is the lagging…
Well that took me back to my College days. I’ll just add that in terms of Pax Romana and Roman expansion, it was very much driven by the needs of its Veterans. Ex Military were promised lands post their campaigning years. The drive for expansion was a lagging need to satisfy Veterans (as well as greed). Makes me think what is the lagging need for Pax Americana. Right now it suits the US to run twin deficits to fund unsustainable healthcare and social welfare deltas (which ironically Veterans are a high number). If there is no Reserve currency who pays for those deltas?
Well that took me back to my College days. I’ll just add that in terms of Pax Romana and Roman expansion, it was very much driven by the needs of its Veterans. Ex Military were promised lands post their campaigning years. The drive for expansion was a lagging need to satisfy Veterans (as well as greed). Makes me think what is the lagging need for Pax Americana. Right now it suits the US to run twin deficits to fund unsustainable healthcare and social welfare deltas (which ironically Veterans are a high number). If there is no Reserve currency who pays for those deltas?
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