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dsfyu404ed on Oct 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country

The Roman empire lasted a pretty darn long time even with a lot of mediocre leadership. Various flavors of representative democracy seem to weather crappy leaders pretty well.

icebraining on Oct 2, 2019 [–]

"Lasted" is a pretty weak standard. The Roman empire changed quite dramatically over time, probably more than Bulgaria or Albania.

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