clacke
Turns out the trend of asking the men in your life how often they #PonderAncientRome originated in Sweden a year ago.
It reached me this week with some influencer expressing astonishment over how often her partner would, without her realizing it, ponder Ancient Rome.
clacke
As for me: Of course I do! On a weekly basis! How could I not!
The world was shaped by European colonialism and the legal and social systems of every place on Earth have been touched by structures good or bad that trace back to Rome.
With the global system seemingly on the way toward collapse, looking back at earlier collapses for guidance makes sense.
clacke
Considering where I live I've taken to pondering Ancient China too, and early Republican China. Dr. Sun's vision was glorious and I wish it could have taken root unpolluted by militarism and totalitarianism.
I'm torn on the nationalism. Dr. Sun's nationalism was undoubtedly a positive form of nationalism, a countermeasure to imperialism and a healthy attitude of "help yourself before you help others" that does not reject internationalism or exclude anyone from the nation-building.
And yet, see how it is twisted today to unite citizens against foreign specters and excuse expansionist policy and bullying of smaller neighbors.
Mystery Babylon :aheartdrawn:
@clacke I'm talking weekly.
What the fuck.
Mystery Babylon :aheartdrawn:
@clacke Dammit I think about Ancient Rome more often than I want to. It's down to one single thing: the HBO show "Rome". I have intrusive thoughts, as a writer, of how well-plotted that show was.
😕
Leif Lindholm
@clacke
I'd missed this phenomeon, but yeah - few times a week?
Mystery Babylon :aheartdrawn:
@clacke I didn't even know this was a thing.
Now I'm sitting here trying to remember whether this increased after I started testosterone. I think so? ☠️☠️
veer66
@clacke I didn't think about Roman Empire until I read your post.
Björn Lindström
@clacke given how generously they define this it seems strange if you wouldn't. Several of my favourite philosophers lived then, so everytime I think of some of their advice does that count? If so why not every time someone thinks of a New Testament quotation?
hypolite
clacke
@veer66 Maybe Thailand is one of the least likely places to suffer from Roman attachment, having never been colonized by the European empires. =)
Do you ever think of any ancient societies more relevant to Thailand and what they mean for society today?
Dvaravati? Emperor Ashoka? The Tang dynasty? Ancient Malay states?
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