rome is/was the embodiment of democracy (for the chosen few natch) and once the assclowns got a whiff of bread and circuses it was off to the races of destruction.
We are at that state now, circuses in the prisons and theatres, breadline and corporate line. Majority rules sneer the rulers and all we can glance at is the tired tattered copies of the constituton that do not have void where prohibited stamped in commie read all over it.
Pehaps the problem is not enough guns in the street, might make people a tad more polite.
regards,
daemon