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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire-History Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes
[AmericanThinker] A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable. Can this nation avoid a similar fate?
Empires are defined as great military and economic powers encompassing large occupied or controlled land areas. Although they vary greatly, they average around 250 years in duration. The United States will be celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026.
In 1976, Sir John Glubb, a distinguished British diplomat and general, wrote an essay on the fate of empires throughout history. He enumerated, based on 3,000 years of historical data, the six various stages in the rise and fall of empires.
These stages and how they apply to the United States are as follows:
- The Age of Pioneers (The Revolutionary War and the founding of the Nation)
- The Age of Conquests (The Western Expansion to the Pacific Ocean)
- The Age of Commerce (Industrialization and evolution of a dominant middle class)
- The Age of Affluence (The meteoric rise of the standard of living in the 20th Century)
- The Age of Intellect (Global domination in the arts, medicine and technology)
- The Age of Decadence (For 30+ years America has been increasingly mired in this age )
Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-05-31 |
