Comments by "Owen Shebbeare" (@owenshebbeare2999) on "Augustus: Rome’s Greatest Emperor" video.

  1. Or Americans pissed that they are irrelevant in this video.
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  2. One thing he rightly reformed, as mentioned near the start, was the "sclerotic bureaucracy", a factor that drags down societies today as the Public Service comes to see itself as more important than it nedds to be. Bloated bureaucracy has killed many governments, and empures. Bureaucracy is needed, but a balance must be maintained.
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  3. It should also be a warning to politicians in democracies against insulting the populace, especially those they feel are not supportive of them. Many an election or leadersip position has been lost due to entitled politicians mouthing off. Hillary is probably the most notorious in recent history, but the likes of David Cameron and Therese May in the UK, or Malcolm Turnbull and BillShorten in Australia also treated voters with contempt or a sense of entitlement.
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