• Jessvj93@lemmy.world
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    Ancient* Rome too, “When you lift their dress, you find none other than a populare!” “We need to go back to family values!” -Conservatives of yore, the Optimates (“Optimal people”, the elites, rich assholes with private security, who’s usage led to the chaos that ended Rome).

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      “Plebs dance too lewdly!” “Women are too sexually independent!” “Gay marriage is making our men weak and effeminate!” are also classics from Roman conservatives

      EDIT: Oh, and “Medicine is newfangled Greek hogwash, just eat cabbage”