The fall of Rome was probably a net good for Europe.
So Rome was essentially a shell when it fell for good in 476 AD. I just see similarities with DC in that regard. Any normal people want to GTFO. There's 200,000 less people in DC now than in 1950. That's nuts.
I would guess most of the people who fled from the District of Columbia now live in all those very nice wealthy suburbs in Virginia and Maryland earning a rather fat salary as a government bureaucrat or working for the various contractors or NGO's sucking on the government teet. I stayed in Alexandria when I visited D.C in 2012, its quite pleasant meanwhile actual D.C is one of the most violent cities in America. That said after seeing what happened in the BLM riots I would be very nervous if I was them. Multiple cities with large underclass populations within a few hour drive who could descend on the capital.
I would say its a feature not a bug, but our ruling elites are to coddled and ideologically possessed to understand that.
Yeah - if you consider the kind of people you hire as security or muscle and the fact that they probably have trouble affording their rent let alone a home of their own. If it really does kick off at best they'll be off protecting their own neighbourhoods out in the working class satellite towns surrounding D.C if not just join the fray. I am amazed the elites have been able to keep them loyal until now.
So Rome was essentially a shell when it fell for good in 476 AD. I just see similarities with DC in that regard. Any normal people want to GTFO. There's 200,000 less people in DC now than in 1950. That's nuts.
I would guess most of the people who fled from the District of Columbia now live in all those very nice wealthy suburbs in Virginia and Maryland earning a rather fat salary as a government bureaucrat or working for the various contractors or NGO's sucking on the government teet. I stayed in Alexandria when I visited D.C in 2012, its quite pleasant meanwhile actual D.C is one of the most violent cities in America. That said after seeing what happened in the BLM riots I would be very nervous if I was them. Multiple cities with large underclass populations within a few hour drive who could descend on the capital.
Is that by chance or by design?
Which is exactly what happened in Rome. They kept upping security but it didn't really matter in the end.
I would say its a feature not a bug, but our ruling elites are to coddled and ideologically possessed to understand that.
Yeah - if you consider the kind of people you hire as security or muscle and the fact that they probably have trouble affording their rent let alone a home of their own. If it really does kick off at best they'll be off protecting their own neighbourhoods out in the working class satellite towns surrounding D.C if not just join the fray. I am amazed the elites have been able to keep them loyal until now.