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Perhaps western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the roman empire's did. the romans had gladiators and christian-hungry lions and that sort of thing. we have mtv.
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Perhaps Western Civilization Is In A Post-decline

Tom Shales
Perhaps western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the roman empire's did. the romans had gladiators and christian-hungry lions and that sort of thing. we have mtv.
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