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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by dsq on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @05:59AM (#39837196)
From what I've read, the best years were during the "Five Good Emperors" period, so about a century, but even during the civil unrest periods things were OK if you stayed in your villa with your slaves and vineyards (OK relative to the poor, of course).
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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by rsynnott on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:49AM (#39837485)
> but even during the civil unrest periods things were OK if you stayed in your villa with your slaves and vineyards

Well, I mean, this is if you happened to be very rich. Also, of course, for quite a bit of the period it put you in the firing line for proscription, and other Rich Roman Hazards. Particularly after the end of the Republic, the Roman Empire tended to be a fairly hazardous place for rich people; odds were good that you'd end up, at least passively, on the Wrong Side at some point.

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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by baobabKoodaa on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:16AM (#39837293)
Getting really strong "why dont they just eat cake" vibes from this post
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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:31AM (#39837396)
This phraseology is still just barely disguised insinuation. Insinuation bad. Make a real, good faith point.
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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by baobabKoodaa on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @07:25AM (#39837693)
I was trying to make a joke, not a point. I guess I missed the mark.
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