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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mood. Lest the doom become too strong, though, let me just note that Rome also survived a lot of insane incompetents at the helm.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally survived Tiberius, Caligula and Nero in the span of a few decades.

They didn't have nukes and a collapsing climate.