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no bull and the aftermath.

Well, the thing that feels very similar is this, this intransigent opposition among the

political elite, I think, to really address major socio-economic issues that are being

opened up for whatever reason, whether in the United States or in the ancient republic,

where there were the vast majority of the citizens of the state do have legitimate needs

and legitimate grievances.

A lot of this was driven by new feelings of insecurity where you used to have your family

plot of land and you just pass it down through.

This is all sort of being broken up and you don't have that security anymore.

The political elite doing nothing to actually govern or manage the negative effects of their

triumph, what it was a political and military triumph for the state of Rome led to all kinds

of dislocation in the socio-economic milieu of the poorer Romans.

So in the United States today, I think that that same thing is sort of happening.

I'm Benjamin Wittis and this is the LawFair podcast November 4th, 2017.

The Estimobile Mike Duncan was in town last week.

If you've never heard of him, that's because you don't listen to enough podcasts.

Mike is the emprasario behind the incredible history of Rome podcast which ran for a number

of years and more recently the Revolutions podcast, both of which I could not recommend

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