This might be in the wrong section but let's give it a shot.
Here is a snap shot of Rome just as they were about to fall:
War with Persia (Iran) over the real estate between the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Endemic outsourcing of labor
Huge trade gaps
Huge wage gaps
A Populace no longer willing to defend their enjoyed freedoms (save a few brave souls)
More concerned with chariot races then the state of the failing empire (think Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan)
Problems with stopping unwanted border crossings (one of those crossers, The Goths, sacked Rome in 410).
Politicians no longer cared for the needs or wants of the people.
More concerned with Christianity then proper governing
And the people were beyond apathetic
If this is what Rome looked like just before it fell, and the US is doing the same, are we not headed for the same fate as the Romans if we the people do not stand up and take our country back from the Dems, Repubs, and Corporations?
2007-08-28 06:13:42 · 7 answers · asked by gatewlkr 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If I am wrong please share how this is not exactly what is happening in the US today.
2007-08-28 06:20:48 · update #1
bonsai-- what the hell does that have to do with the argument. If you knew your history, you would know that in 1953, the United States landed troops in Iran to stop a democratic uprising. You can debate on why we went to Iraq as of now it is speculative, but in 1953, we stopped a democratic revolt to "preserve the economic stability of the oil industry". Think about a Democracy in Iran for the last 64 years and how different the world would be today. We've only ourselves to blame for that one. Next retard!
2007-08-28 06:30:47 · update #2
Exactly. Add the overextention of Military Spending (more than the rest of the planet combined) and Military Bases (over 730 in well over 100 countries.)
"History is instructive on this dilemma. If we choose to keep our empire, as the Roman republic did, we will certainly lose our democracy and grimly await the eventual blowback that imperialism generates. There is an alternative, however. We could, like the British Empire after World War II, keep our democracy by giving up our empire."
Chalmers Johnson
2007-08-28 06:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by Richard V 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first Democracy was in Greece and it too collapsed. Exhausted after a 27 year war with the Spartans the citizens became cold-blooded, split into factions and they hated each other more than the enemy.
2007-08-28 13:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have the basics all covered. The labor issue isnt a good analogy. Cheap labor is a good nation builder. Look at the infrastructure in this country. I like to think of the transcontinental railroad built by cheap labor.
2007-08-28 13:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The differences, some will say, have to do with technology. Profitability, some seem to think, compensates for other disturbing trends.
But yes, it's the same thing happening in a different language.
2007-08-28 13:23:47 · answer #4 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your solution give the country back to the indians
2007-08-28 13:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by marine42 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The nut job of a president of Iran has said, "Death to Americans and Israel..." What part of that do you people not understand??
2007-08-28 13:24:50 · answer #6 · answered by bonsai_kitty66 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Let me sum it up...
Your wrong.
2007-08-28 13:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by mustagme 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋