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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
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Originally Posted by Platapus
Perhaps we are experiencing the start of the end of the American Empire?
All the past empires/world powers have had their downfalls at the end of their lifespan, why not us?
I can still recommend Barbara Tuchman's "Distant Mirror" as an excellent history book to read.
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That is a great book!
Yeah, I can handle the end of the American Empire (except, what empire?) |
Well we are an empire, in every sense of the word. The U.S. retains political control over a lot of territory that we do not own, and we have a stranglehold on the world economy. We also have decisive strategic control over every corner of the globe.
By our prosperity, we have become an empire, even though we do not have imperialist ambitions.
And, just like every empire, we will be destroyed from within before we are destroyed from without. It has already begun. The trend towards socialism, societal stratification, interventionism, and public debt has already begun. It is virtually impossible to stop. We will follow in the steps of every empire ever created because we failed to learn. Liberty made this nation great, but there are many who are working hard to erode that ideal(in the name of social progress, ironically), bit by bit. And they will succeed. Take a lesson from history.
I, for one, will not stand for this. Give me liberty, or give me death!
