When Rome burned on July of 64, those who were horrified made up a rumor that Nero played his fiddle while it was happening.
What we don't know is how many Roman's with nothing to lose heard that story and smiled approvingly.
We do know that many of them had fond memories of the Gracchi Brothers from a couple hundred years before.
I country writes off large segments of its own population at their peril.
When Rome burned on July of 64, those who were horrified made up a rumor that Nero played his fiddle while it was happening.
What we don't know is how many Roman's with nothing to lose heard that story and smiled approvingly.
We do know that many of them had fond memories of the Gracchi Brothers from a couple hundred years before.
I country writes off large segments of its own population at their peril.