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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3547561, member: 76194&quot;][USER=56370]@KSorbo[/USER]</p><p>It&#039;s not our fault that the average person today knows what Lady Gaga had for breakfast, and whom Johnny Depp slept with last week, but don&#039;t even know who the president was 50 years ago, and much less anything about the civilizations that shaped our world today. If anything, they should be ashamed about that. Hopefully some will pull themselves out of that ignorance thanks to wanting to get into ancient coin collecting. I know it&#039;s difficult for many to believe the world existed before them, but life becomes more meaningful an interesting when you can actually understand the forces that went into shaping our world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then perhaps when someone tries to sell you pseudo science online with nonsense you see on YouTube about how the Roman Empire fell because of the free grain dole, or diversity, or because the denarius was devalued, or because of lead plumbing, or other such nonsense, you&#039;ll know better and laugh, because you&#039;ll be well educated and not ignorant. It&#039;s hard to sell bad ideas and junk to people who are actually well educated. Even &quot;reputable news sources&quot; are full of junk history. I once read in a major newspaper how the Roman Empire fell because of Marius...<b>yeah, that Marius who died in the first century BCE before the empire was even a thing</b>. I almost died from laughter. Never mind the nearly 600 years of mostly stability and prosperity after his death, I guess you can overlook that when all your knowledge comes from celebrity magazines and things you heard someone else say at work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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