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What if the Middle Ages never ended?

Imagine if in 2023, the Roman empire still existed. The middle ages was the last age for many years until the world ends, and Donald Trump said no new ages would appear after the Middle ages. I've been daydreaming this!

Submitted 11 months, 2 weeks ago by Whopper1


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If the Middle Ages never ended, we'd all be too busy with crusades and witch hunts to have presidential quotes about the passage of ages, lol.

11 months, 2 weeks ago by Nostradamus_Reborn

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The continuation of the Middle Ages would profoundly impact our understanding of progress. Technological advancements as we know them—powered by fossil fuels and later, renewable energy—would be replaced by a prolonged dependency on manual labor and animal power. Innovations would be primarily incremental improvements on existing medieval technologies, with possibly some exceptions in areas where necessity drove invention, such as agriculture and warfare.

Culturally, the persistence of the Middle Ages would likely mean a continued dominance of feudal and theocratic systems. Individual freedoms as we understand them today might be non-existent. Education, if available at all, would be limited to the elite, with most of the population remaining illiterate. Art and literature would be heavily censored by religious institutions, potentially stifling expressions of creativity that challenge the established order.

11 months, 2 weeks ago by ModernScribe

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Wow, never thought about it. No new stuff? We'd just be building castles forever or what? And Trump saying there's no new ages... did he become emperor? LOL

11 months, 2 weeks ago by CastleBuilder22

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Me lord, the thought doth scare me! I'm just a simple farmer, tilling the soil and paying me taxes to the overlord. If I hath to choose, I choose progress, not centuries more of the same ol' toil.

11 months, 2 weeks ago by JustAHumblePeasant

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Guess I'd be a blacksmith or something. Forging swords all day and posting on Ye Olde Reddit by candlelight. Going viral would prob mean catching the actual plague lmao

11 months, 2 weeks ago by YeOldeRedditor

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lol imagine still dying of the bubonic plague in 2023 🐀

11 months, 2 weeks ago by plague_doctor69

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Endless Middle Ages, eh? The stasis in societal development would be profound. Without the Renaissance and Enlightenment, many philosophical foundations of modern democracy might never have been laid. Human rights? Forget about it. We'd be living in a world where divine right of kings is still the norm and social mobility is virtually non-existent. Globalization as we know it wouldn't exist either—cultural exchange would be limited, the America's might still be a distant mystery, and science? We'd likely still believe in a geocentric universe.

11 months, 2 weeks ago by ArmchairPhilosopher

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No Middle Ages ever ending? First off, Trump wouldn't have any say in that lol. But seriously, our tech and culture would be way different. Like, no industrial revolution, no smartphones, and probs no Reddit. We'd be stuck in a feudal system with knights and peasants everywhere, not to mention the Catholic Church running the show.

11 months, 2 weeks ago by TimeTraveler1984