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Why Socialism and Bernie is so popular...and is going to gain traction.

Rome was a Republic until the wealthy bought up all the land dispossessing the small farmers..then it was the guy who came along and gave them money, bread and circuses that became popular and the leader. Enter Julius Caesar, he was "for the people" wanting to institute reforms and was an open conduit of money to the people...everything he ever made was given to people for the end of becoming the number one guy in Rome..he became a very popular guy. Stuff didn't interest him he was buying political power with his money..

The Roman elites became very worried about Caesars ambitions especially after he conquered Gaul/France..he had huge amounts of money and military muscle with a veteran army that he was paying for..back in those days the generals paid their own armies..so that they had loyalty to the general and not the state.

So the Roman Senate decided to reign Caesar in telling him to disband his army, relinquish control of Gaul...and btw come to the Senate to answer for your actions.... Yep...he saw the handwriting on the wall and said fk that, crossing the Rubicon (the border between his province of Gaul and Rome) with his army...thus setting off a Civil War..