Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?
<p>The sky is falling! Breaking news! Our fragile democracy in peril!!</p>
<p>Life still feels shaky. Even without those constant, frenetic tweets threatening to alter the course of world events in moments, truth competes with fake news. Long-established rights and laws are questioned — or disappear before our eyes. American democracy, firm in its1787 roots and long cherished, now teeters on the brink.</p>
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<p>Theater of Dionysus, 6th century BC, restored a few times since then. (Author photo)</p>
<p>Maybe what goes around comes around.</p>
<p>Maybe there’s nothing — or at least not that much — new under the sun.</p>
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