Bread? check
Circuses? check
Empire abroad? check
Imperial Govt in Rome? check
Retarded/immoral emporers? check
currency debasement? check
social perversion? check
persecution of Christians? check
Invading barbarians? check
Perhaps they can also supply everybody with a free wheelbarrow to carry their money in to the supermarket when they need butter and milk
Declining ethics and morality? check
Institutional corruption? check
Massive indebtedness? check
Over regulated economy? check
Rampant crime? check
Selective enforcement of laws? check
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