My adventures as a 16 year old homeschooler.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Roman Disease

This week I have been reading the book Ancient Rome: How it Affects You Today. It talks about how the Roman empire and it's ideas can poison modern day culture and affect us and our futures.

Fascism+Roman Model = Roman Disease = "Whatever is necessary" = to protect our interest.

Fascism is a government "philosophy" that is really nothing more than saying the government does whatever it wants if it thinks it is necessary. The Roman Model replaced common law (see my last post) and is a central government that controls every part of citizens lives. They adjust the taxes, pass laws on whatever they want, and the citizens have no choice but to obey. These two things added together create the Roman Disease, which caused the fall of many great empires including those of the Romans, Russians, and Nazis.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Common Law

In Roman Times, common law used common sense and believed that there was a higher law than the government: God.

Common Law = 1) Do all you have agreed 2) Do not encroach on other persons or their property
Common Law = 1) Do all you have agreed 2) Do not encroach on other persons or their property
Common Law = 1) Do all you have agreed 2) Do not encroach on other persons or their property