S8 Ep738: LONDINIUM CHRONICLES 2. The speakers analyze the strategic decline of the American Empire, beginning with the electoral defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, whom they describe as a vassal king. Despite the intervention of "junior emperor" JD Vance, Orbán wa
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LONDINIUM CHRONICLES 2. The speakers analyze the strategic decline of the American Empire, beginning with the electoral defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, whom they describe as a vassal king. Despite the intervention of "junior emperor" JD Vance, Orbán was rebuked by voters for his ties to Vladimir Putin and his increasingly complacent rule. Germanicus argues that vassal management requires a delicate touch, which the current emperor lacks, opting instead for the casual humiliation of European leaders. This high-handedness has led to open defiance from allies like the UK, France, and Italy, who now refuse to participate in an offensive war against Iran. (3)
1810 BRITISH ENVOY AT THE COURT OF THE SHAH.
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| 0:47.1 | This is Lundidium 92 AD, a beautiful spring evening. |
| 0:49.7 | I am Gaius. Germanicus is with me. |
| 0:52.9 | We're by the Thames, where the crossings are easy tonight. |
| 0:56.4 | There's lots of activity in town. |
| 0:59.1 | There's a circus that came to town. |
| 0:59.8 | Great fun. |
| 1:01.7 | And I hope it's at the theater tonight, |
| 1:05.8 | so we don't have to have more weighty words from the Greeks. |
| 1:10.1 | I hope we just have juggling and dancing and laughter and everybody having a good time and going home early |
| 1:13.1 | we're also in the 21st century because of a skill that we don't know where it came from and we're |
| 1:18.7 | happy to have it and in the 21st century america the inheritor of our roman system is deeply troubled because the emperor has tangled with |
| 1:31.4 | another empire that does not concede, does not surrender, does not compromise, and that is |
| 1:41.2 | confident in its victories, always, for 2,500 years. |
| 1:44.9 | That's the Persian Empire, known as Parthia in the second century A.D., known as Persia until the 20th century, now known as Iran. |
| 1:54.1 | However, arose by any name. |
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