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Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc... by Sangermaine on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:08PM (#17602976)
>I am skeptical there will be an 'Event', something more like a gradual decline seems more likely (so, more British Empire than Roman).

I'm not sure what you mean by this. The (Western) Roman Empire's decline was not caused by "an Event" either, it was a gradual process with many causes over several centuries.

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Re:How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apoc... by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:38PM (#17603284)
Yes, we have an overly simple picture of Visigoths etc. - I meant to suggest a scenario where there isn't chaos after empire, just a sort of reduced set of circumstances.
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