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The Republic: The Fall Of The Republic
I think that this fight between the Patricians and the Plebeians prompted the downfall of the Republic. Nobody was happy with their situation. The Patricians wanted to keep their power and not give anything up to other civilizations or even people of their own society. However, this created a lack of resources and opportunities for the Plebeians, who then caused turmoil for the Patricians. Their solution was to redistribute land and wealth to the poor people, but the lack of cooperation eventually led to the downfall of the system. There are many parallels between the Republic and today. Some people feel that they don’t have as much material things or rights as they deserve, so they protest against it, as did the Plebeians in the Republic. For instance, to bring money to the poor some people suggest that through taxes or whatever, money should be taken from those who are richer and used to help those who don’t have much money. We saw this in the textbook when people in the Republic wanted land from those who had a lot of land to be given to those who didn’t have any. Yet, just as it was in the Republic, today this is contested very strongly by people who believe that things should stay the same or another solution should be used.
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