Empires rise and fall. It is interesting to look at past empires falling and see the similarities to today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
I posit that we are clearly seeing #2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 happening in America today.
We still have the strongest army in the world, but we're trying like hell to neuter it. The US is still a very strong economy, but our deficit spending is well on the way to crippling us.
Not sure what the fall of America looks like. A loss of freedom in the world, for sure, as the ascendent plower is clearly China. The loss of territorial integrity is often the first steps in the fall of most empires, and we can clearly see that on our southern border. In fact, our federal government is encouraging it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
Quote:
The Roman Empire lost the strengths that had allowed it to exercise effective control over its Western provinces; modern historians posit factors including:
1. The effectiveness and numbers of the army
2. The health and numbers of the Roman population
3. The strength of the economy
4. The competence of the emperors
5. The internal struggles for power
6. The religious changes of the period
7. The efficiency of the civil administration
8. Increasing pressure from invading barbarians outside Roman culture
I posit that we are clearly seeing #2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 happening in America today.
We still have the strongest army in the world, but we're trying like hell to neuter it. The US is still a very strong economy, but our deficit spending is well on the way to crippling us.
Not sure what the fall of America looks like. A loss of freedom in the world, for sure, as the ascendent plower is clearly China. The loss of territorial integrity is often the first steps in the fall of most empires, and we can clearly see that on our southern border. In fact, our federal government is encouraging it.
