Going back in time.

[Distruzio]

An american history book back to the constitutional convention. That way they'd see the monster they were creating by trying to create a gov't of more vigor.

I think you'd be surprised by the reception you receive. Considering what a clusterfuck the Articles of Confederation had been, I would guess they would take your history book as vindication, rather than a cautionary tale.

We have a completely different understanding of the prevalence of anti-federalist sentiments prior to 1801 and of actual history, it seems.

[Sovereign Spirits]

I'd take recording equipment with me (camera, audio recorder, pen and pad, etc) to record what the societies of the past have to teach us.

[Rambhutan]

I'd take back a simple printing press (Movable type FTW) back to Rome, circa 180 BC.

That is what I was thinking as well, although I was going to give it to the Mesopotamians, think of all the lost books that we might still have.

[Conserative Morality]

That is what I was thinking as well, although I was going to give it to the Mesopotamians, think of all the lost books that we might still have.

I was thinking more 'Widespread literacy', 'Linguistic Imperialism' and 'Republican propaganda', but that works too.

[Fox Bandits]

I'd bring the synthesizer back in time to Beethoven (when he could hear).

[Genivaria]

That is what I was thinking as well, although I was going to give it to the Mesopotamians, think of all the lost books that we might still have.

I was thinking more 'Widespread literacy', 'Linguistic Imperialism' and 'Republican propaganda', but that works too.

I like the first one, but can you explain the others?

[Conserative Morality]

I like the first one, but can you explain the others?

Republican propaganda may have been able to:

A. Counteract the effects of the later Marian reforms, assuming they still happened, and fostered a degree of loyalty to the State (And it's propaganda machine) instead of individual generals.

And

B. Assisted in the assimilation of subject peoples of the Empire. Encourage them to adopt Roman ways, to feel a certain degree of loyalty to Rome, etc etc.

Linguistic Imperialism for the same reason as B.

[Rambhutan]

That is what I was thinking as well, although I was going to give it to the Mesopotamians, think of all the lost books that we might still have.

I was thinking more 'Widespread literacy', 'Linguistic Imperialism' and 'Republican propaganda', but that works too.

I suspect that all aspects of science would also be more advanced.

[Cameroi]

i'd take the sad history of the price we've paid for romanticizing and rewarding aggressiveness, as far back as i could find anyone willing to take heed and avoid creating it.

[Conserative Morality]

I suspect that all aspects of science would also be more advanced.

Mass-produced cuineform tablets.

[Genivaria]

I like the first one, but can you explain the others?

Republican propaganda may have been able to:

A. Counteract the effects of the later Marian reforms, assuming they still happened, and fostered a degree of loyalty to the State (And it's propaganda machine) instead of individual generals.

And

B. Assisted in the assimilation of subject peoples of the Empire. Encourage them to adopt Roman ways, to feel a certain degree of loyalty to Rome, etc etc.

Linguistic Imperialism for the same reason as B.

Ah, then I would help you set this up.
And I liked the Marian Reforms actually.
But what about the corrupt senate? Would you help me in abolishing it and making Rome a true Democratic Republic?
Damn this would make a good fanfic.

[The USOT]

I would have given steampower to the romans.

Not too much of a diversion to completely fuck up their society BUT it would probably put us hundreds of years in the future =O

[Conserative Morality]

Ah, then I would help you set this up.
And I liked the Marian Reforms actually.

Problem isn't the Marian Reforms, it's their unintended effects.

But what about the corrupt senate? Would you help me in abolishing it and making Rome a true Democratic Republic?
Damn this would make a good fanfic.

Hell yes. Populares Invicta.

[Genivaria]

Ah, then I would help you set this up.
And I liked the Marian Reforms actually.

Problem isn't the Marian Reforms, it's their unintended effects.

But what about the corrupt senate? Would you help me in abolishing it and making Rome a true Democratic Republic?
Damn this would make a good fanfic.

Hell yes. Populares Invicta.

What effects are you referring to?

[Mike the Progressive]

I'd go back in time and sleep with your mom before she had you.

What's wrong son, you want some child support?

*Muwahahaha*

[Genivaria]

I'd go back in time and sleep with your mom before she had you.

What's wrong son, you want some child support?

*Muwahahaha*

Are you drunk?

[Bonnaful]

I would give Shakespeare a typewriter or I would take a couple of automatic rifles and travel to the peak of the Roman empire and proclaim myself Emperor

[Autash]

I'd take a computer, loaded with the designs for all the other modern technology I didn't take. Once I arrived in 300 AD, I would build a simple generator to keep the computer powered. Then I'd go to the Norse and instruct them in the building of said technologies, starting with firearms and working up from there. This would give the Vikings the technological advantage they need to conquer the world and shape the entirety of human civilization in their own image.

But can you actually speak Old Norse?

I'm actually pretty good with new languages; I'd probably have it down in three or four months. And of course, I could always come prepared by learning Old Norse before I took my trip.

[Mike the Progressive]

I'd go back in time and sleep with your mom before she had you.

What's wrong son, you want some child support?

*Muwahahaha*

Are you drunk?

That hurts.

(just tipsy)

[The USOT]

I change my answer! Give the Germans in WW1 impressive enough a tank to beat the entente.

I always love "imperial germany wins" scenarios

[Simon Cowell of the RR]

I would take the following items to the middle ages:
A Tazer
A Flashlight
An Ivana
A loudspeaker
Solar Panels
Lights
A glowing neon cross
And maybe a few Black Hawks
Figure it out. Future (past?) king of Briton, right here!

[Brandenburg-Altmark]

I wouldn't really want to go back to any time before the 1960s-70s, since people were generally treated like shit everywhere before then.

[Simon Cowell of the RR]

I wouldn't really want to go back to any time before the 1960s-70s, since people were generally treated like shit everywhere before then.

And that is why we go back in time. If you are moralistic.
I am not.

[Conserative Morality]

What effects are you referring to?

The way that it bound troops to their generals rather than the Roman state.

[Nazis in Space]

I change my answer! Give the Germans in WW1 impressive enough a tank to beat the entente.

I always love "imperial germany wins" scenarios

Germany was offered the Burstyn tank in 1911 (!) - a design more advanced than anything that came after it until the mid-1920s. Germany even wanted it, unfortunately, none of the manufacturers were willing to build a prototype.

Your problem is less 'Give them a design' and more 'Get the industry to believe in one'.