I am taking some continuing education classes, and every week I learn something new again - Basically remember items learned long ago and forgotten. This past week the topic lead to the fall of the Roman empire. The authors of the texts all listed the same basic causes:
1. Political instability
2. Military weakness
3. Economic decline
4. Social decay
5. Rise of Christianity
They also pointed out the role of Pax Romana in these and the final fall. Pax Romana is a 200 year period circa 27 BCE to 180 CE. During this period Rome flourished. They were on an economic high, both publicly and privately, entertainment grew, the footprint of power expanded, and they lived in relative peace. The sense of piece was from sheer military might, and the continual fighting to keep threats at bay.
In the end all of this strength and prosperity lead to a crash in economics (they went broke), socially (all moral norms had been scrapped), and their military was spent, demoralized and weak. Pax Romana, and Rome, fell to a civil war.
Look at this list of five six items from 1,800 years ago. Compare them to our nation today. Political instability - CHECK; Economic decline - CHECK; Social decay - CHECK; And the rise of non-traditional religion - CHECK. Our military is still holding on, but struggling, and a divide so wide that we see civil war on the horizon.
Where are we in the historic spectrum of nations that eat themselves?
In the late 1950s and early 1960s Nikita Khrushchev is recorded stating many threats and predictions. Some of his comments have been authenticated, some have been deemed true in message if not actual text and some are unknown but match his pattern. Among these are if we keep feeding them (Americans) small doses of Socialism they will wake up in Communism, and we will take America without firing a shot - They will be destroyed from within.
Sobering thoughts for those who pay attention and care.
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