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Originally posted by mykalberta+Sep 13 2005, 06:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mykalberta @ Sep 13 2005, 06:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Devils'Advocate@Sep 3 2005, 06:58 AM
Even in the United States we see what more capitalism means. A *HUGE* cap between the rich and the poor. A society is ultimately judged by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members.
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I have heard alot of people recently use that same or similar quote
"A society is ultimately judged by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members."
Where did you read this?
Rome is easily the greatest society of all times (Roman history/philosohy was my minor), and its not judged by "how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members."
Hungry and confused.
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If you were a Chinese history/philosophy minor, would the Ming or Tang dynasties be the 'greatest society of all times'? If you minored in Latin American studies, would the Aztecs trump everyone?
By what standards do you measure 'the greatest society of all time'? Most people killed? Most area conquered? Most orgies performed? Biggest buildings? Longest roads? Most decadent?
I'm not contesting that Rome was one of, if not the 'greatest', empires of all time. Greatest society? I have no idea how one would go about measuring that. Most 'dominant' society? Probably. I think the 'greatest' society to live in would have been pre-invasion North America... THAT's the way to live. But, of course, my judgement is as subjective as yours.