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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 12 months ago by Whopper1
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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.
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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.
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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.