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    PHILIP OF MACEDON & DIVIDED, DECLINING SOCIETIES

    By Orion on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 3:09am |

    I was reading about Ancient Greece and wondered aloud if a figure like Philip of Macedon would appear at some point and unite an America that is divided in about every conceivable way there is to be divided. That or a figure like Napoleon Bonaparte: 

    By 354/353 BC, in just 5 years since his accession, Philip had unified Macedon and turned it into the dominant power in Northern Greece. He had completely reduced Athenian influence in the region, and was allied to the other major Greek power in the region, the Chalkidian League.

    Trumpers would say their guy would be such a figure but I would beg to differ - he was just one of the many sides of division.