American Memory
April 29, 2004
Empire of Dirt by Bill Bonner
"What I don't understand," Elizabeth began a conversation on our last day in Rome, "is why the barbarians – the Huns, the Goths, the Vandals and so forth, wanted to destroy the empire? They could see that people lived better inside the empire than outside...I mean, they had central heating, warm baths, art...and just look at all those beautiful buildings. Wouldn't it have made more sense for them to join it, rather than tear it down?"
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