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Distant Mirrors

The Triple Trajectories of Rome, Renaissance, and Today

The lads discuss the resistance tour of Bernie and AOC, comparing them to the Gracchus brothers of ancient Rome. That leads to the role of debt in the Fall of Rome as a “distant mirror” reflecting our own time. Then, the boys shift their focus to another such mirror as they regard the career of the sciences since their inception during the Renaissance.

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