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People always say it wasn't cheerful after the fall of Rome, but the question must be asked, cheerful for who? Also which fall. We assume the dark ages had to be terrible because all the nice mansions fell to ruins, but given that most people didn't own mansions why would they care?
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Yote goes boing
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Any time mansions crumble is a good thing. And they are only referred to as the Dark Ages because mansion owners wrote the books. The peasantry is always hosed. Utopia is not feasible, so the closest we get to justice or equality is when EVERYBODY is fucked.
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Joseph
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We could presume that the peasants also lost out, but it seems like having the jerk who takes enough of your food to pay for a mansion staff not doing that would make your life better.
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ChaosOnline
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According to historians and archeologists, it wasn't particularly cheerful for anyone:
acoup.blog/2022/02/11/c...
This article lays out evidence to suggest that decreases in population, quality of life, and calorie consumption affected most people in what was the former Western Roman Empire.
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