@N_Y_SparkyOxCable @RoninGrey - great empires are rarely good for the little people. A dark age may very well be glorious... after all, the "dark" bit, only refers to a lack of historical record. And the biggest employer of historians (/on-scene propagandists), is great conquerors - the kind that slay and oppress untold numbers of common folk like libertarians just trying to live their lives.