What made the “super powers of the past” fall? Didn’t they neglect “its’ people”?

Question

A house built on the sea shore in the sand will erode by the impact of the waves of the sea and eventually fall. A “super power” which focuses on “power over the world – a foreign policy” will eventually fail unless it diverts its’ attention to “its people” to strengthen its house. That’s why I believe that a “super power” should not be just a nation, a machine of military, government, its’ economy, and its’ influence abroad.
Today it should concentrate in strengthening and empowering its’ people to stand as a strong house on the shore of the sea of the world.

Todays’ work place in America has become a beautiful landscape of men and women working together to contribute to the economy. But unfortunately the strength of the bond between them has degraded; the trust has weekened leading to more single mother families. Sex has become a mere toy of enticement and gratification instead of being the cement of the relationships. The drug lords and the terrorists are getting into that week bond and taking advantage of it, by stimulating them to the point of building in them a false confidence. The “super power”, in my opinion, should promptly turn its’ attention to strenghthening “its people” by strengthening their national values of “Life, Liberty, and Justice for ALL” leading to “All Men are Created Equal”; the foreign policy should be developed to accommodate “the people and their strength”

Answer 1

Much of what you out line in the additional is not to do with the question but a set of assumptions. You assume that there is fixed and immutable moral values. You also assume that they underpin an empire. Examples of this not being true are the Roman empire and the British empire.

Both had very different values at the beginning and the end of their Raine. In the beginning of the Roman empire homosexuality was an accepted way of life as long as the man married and produced children. It was considered to be good for the solders to have such close bonds. However this all changed around the time Christianity cam on the scene.

England started empire building as a was of trade and using cheep labour. It ended with the (general) belief in mutual support and defence.

Could what the USA and the Western world is going through just a moral transformation similar to that of Rome?

My own belief is that the concept of the nuclier family is floored anyway. It only exists after the 1950s. Before that the dad + mum + 2 (or moree) childern was closily supported by aunts, uncles, Grans and grandads. The deep upset of WW2 and mass movements after the war led to the break up of this - thus leading to the break down of support for the core. Thus no amout of pressure upon the couple will return us to the state of 'perfection'.

Answer 2

Every super power experimenting on its own people ideologically,religiously and economically soon finds its defeat by itself. USSR and China have already seen it. When Germany united several East Germans going to west abandoned their kids to go to a free world of United Germany. U.S.A. is already alarmmed at broken marriages,continuous loss of maternal and paternal instincts,drugs sickness and constantly decreasing church attendance.

Answer 3

!! Sacked by Heathens!! Mature societies turn their interests to higher pursuits then get wiped out by warlike invaders again and again in history. Or they collapse under their own weight from internal disputes. No matter, none were ever going to last anyway.

Answer 4

Even America will fall

Answer 5

So um... what's your question again? I think you should put this in a blog somewhere. Great insight to political science but still ... not really a question for philosophy.