From: Adam 

Geo. wrote:
> "Ad"  wrote in message
> news:45c82ff8{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> We had the choice of being an empire or being a democracy. The Romans
>> had the same choice & chose empire, we chose democracy.
>>
>> Luckily your caesar proved so deeply incompetent that he was lucky to
>> climb out of either bank of the rubicon.
>
> Unlike both the UK and Rome, we don't work without a safety net (which
> kicks in next year).
>
> Geo.

UK had a similar safety net which proved effective in the democracy-empire choice.

The main safety net is the inability to look oneself in the face if
professing democracy while undemocratically deciding the fate of others.

Your split from the 2nd British empire was based on this (no taxation w/o
representation etc).

Adam

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