Yeah it'll be interesting to see how they handle this. Right now they're so holding the lines claiming it's safe and effective and so have no effect on payouts. At some point though when money doesn't exist, what will they do?
TBF many Roman "accomplishments" were stolen from neighboring, prosperous cultures. Their means of wealth, war, was the means of undoing global cultural stability. The rediscovery of these techniques occurred as early as 1200-1300. For example, building cathedrals and siege warfare. Much sooner than 1600 as stated.
They just refuted evolution. I'm not even referring to the modified "sexual selection" theory used to explain the rate that mammals change. Organisms appear to be able to change themselves. I'll try to find the reference.
"The Dimming" which details weather modification. Still up on YT:
Seeing some weird things out here. I suspect that weather is another 21st century battlefield adding to the list of cyber, biological, and economic. Was looking at this yesterday:
https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
They can't just add a zero though. I'm not talking about a technical difficulty but rather a market force. If they just print 100x ask it will do is create inflation for their currency.