Great Article "Why Everything is Liberal"

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[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

In what sense are you using the word "universalism" here and how was the Roman Empire an example of it?

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    [–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    As I see it, Roman civilisation meant Roman rule, so in my opinion it is not at all comparable with the later colonial-imperialist ideologies that I think you are referring to. I agree that in many cases the Romans granted Roman citizenship too freely, though. I think that was a result of imperial exhaustion and not in line with the original Roman spirit.