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If Rome failed to stop its decline, will Europe be able to change course before it is too late?
How much did emigration contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire?
It's a question that takes on a new meaning today. Rome was also a destination for migratory flows, especially from the second century AD onwards.
This prompts us today to reflect on the anti-democratic, indeed "demophobic" tendencies that have been fostered by European governments in recent decades, causing damage that is difficult to repair.
Consider mass immigration, which has undermined the continent's social and political cohesion. The EU promoted or allowed the entry of millions of people as a solution to demographic and economic problems, but without a real integration plan.
The result has been the rise of social tensions and the strengthening of sovereignist movements. Meanwhile, we have witnessed a social regression and a "true liberalism" that has trivialized the word "liberal", now used by anyone who is not a declared communist or fascist.
The analogy with the fall of the Roman Empire is not just a provocation. Even then, there was a weakening of the middle class, a concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, and a growth of an urban population dependent on state welfare.
This happened because legionaries, who were assigned land after military service, preferred to sell it to landowners and move to Rome, increasing the urban subproletariat.
A mass that gravitated around patrician families, participated in the free distribution of grain and attended circus games. The crisis of the Roman Empire was complex and lasted centuries, but today, thanks to technology, changes could be faster.
Today we see something similar: a poor middle class, declining suburbs and a welfare system under pressure. The fundamental problem is the lack of strategic management that protects European citizens above all, starting from the vision of liberal thought that placed the middle class at the center as the engine of civilization.
In fact, the middle class educates its children to study and work hard, much more than the poor, who face survival problems, or the rich, whose children are not motivated by need.
If Rome failed to stop its decline, will Europe be able to change course before it is too late? / Adapted from Il Giornale Pamphlet/
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