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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2445758, member: 39084&quot;]I&#039;ve read some short articles about Brutus that indicate he might have been too much of an idealist who truly believed in a republic, and was too quick to assume that his contemporaries, especially Marc Antony, were equally disposed toward this type of government.&nbsp; That was his failing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t agree with this 100%, I do think that fundamental personal motivations -- power, domination, money, et al. -- are the same today as for the Romans, and result in many of the same problems that existed millennia ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>This reminds me of my all-time favorite non-risque joke:</p><p><br /></p><p>During the cold war, an American spy and a Russian spy who have grown to know each other well, are having a drink together in a bar.&nbsp; The Russian, having had a little too much vodka, looks at the American and asks &quot;My comrade, do you know what the difference between capitalism and communism is?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The American, also a bit four-sheets-to-the-wind, decides to hear the Russian&#039;s propaganda and innocently replies &quot;No, dear comrade, why don&#039;t you tell me?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>To which the Russian mischievously replies: &quot;In capitalism, man exploits his fellow man.&nbsp; In communism, it&#039;s the other way around.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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