Constantine the Great ended the practice of crucifixion in Rome (so no companies would have advertised Good Friday Blowouts). But Cullen Murphy sees a growing privatization as a relevant parallel between America and Rome, worrying that private solutions are less accountable and equitable. (Although I know some would say exactly the opposite). Murphy admonishes in the ending pages, "Stop treating government as a necessary evil, and rely on it proudly for the big things it can do well."
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Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America |
by Cullen Murphy |
Published: 2008 |
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by Hannah Leitheiser