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Re:Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew a... by jazz9k on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:40AM (#47014453)
What you are getting at is that Rome had a more advanced and intelligent civilization.

Nobody wants to admit that all cultures past and present are not the same.

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Re:Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew a... by Throaway1982 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:36AM (#47014842)
The Maya were more advanced in some ways, the Romans others.

What nobody wants to admit is what used to be common knowledge in the 90's: cultures are relative, not the same.

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Re:Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew a... by halJordan on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:04PM (#47016735)
In the 90s the same people who today refuse to admit the Mayans were, on the whole, less advanced than the Romans were 100%, absolutely, no-contest foaming at the mouth to lynch Samuel Huntington for being an unrepentant racist, I mean, for releasing "Clash of Civilizations"
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Re:Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew a... by Throaway1982 on Sunday February 15, 2026 @09:50AM (#47024139)
Huntington's work sucks, not totally sure of your point.
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