“HOPIUM” by Will Benge I just realized why the Roman system experienced its firs

“HOPIUM”

by Will Benge

I just realized why the Roman system experienced its first minor slippage – which led to the major, and then collapse: the great minds had, perhaps desperately, assumed ( by wishful thinking) their globetrotting would furnish requisite precious metals or equivalent.

And thusly their money “issues” would absolve. And they’d escape the creditor vice, the pike and the jailor.

Which explains why they sent their army to so many formidable places, as warranty for the same.

Hopium: The drug of the desperate.

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The celts were not poor.

They were metalworkers, and lived well.

And therefore the celtic holocaust.

The Carthaginians were not poor.

They were merchants, with a navy, and lived well.

And therefore the carthaginian holocaust.

The Greeks were not poor.

They were Merchants and Warriors, and lived well.

And therefore the Greek conquest.

The Middle Eastern aristocracy was not poor.

They were despots that taxed production and trade, and lived well.

And therefore the conquest of the Persian empire.

etc.