[PSYCHO-FREEP]

The average age of the World's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. America is now 235 years old. (Depending on the outlook.)

Most experts agree that we are somewhere between the 7th and 8th stage. Of course, this stage accelerates the process. Most Americans are too far gone to even understand what this means, nor do they care.

[Diogenesis]

“ The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years.
These nations have progressed through this sequence:
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
3. from courage to liberty;
4. from liberty to abundance;
5. from abundance to selfishness;
6. from selfishness to complacency;
7. from complaceny to apathy;
8. from apathy to dependence;
9. from dependency back again into bondage.”
Sir Alex Fraser Tyler: (1742-1813) Scottish jurist and historian

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism
or socialism on people has been by way of medicine..."
President Ronald Reagan

Death Panels imposed by Mitt Romney (ObamaCARE=RomneyCARE).

[Thom Pain]

The simple fact that Ed Schultz gets paid for what he does tells me that we are doomed.

[Any Fate But Submission]

I’m optimistic that we will not go down like those other civilizations. Instead it will go down in the next few years when the electrical grid goes down permanently (EMP, super solar flare like in 1921, computer virus like Israel used on Iran’s nuclear plants, read “How Long Can You Tread Water”.

All modern civilizations are totally dependent on electricity. A sudden loss of electricity for a week and the country would be in anarchy.

Oh, and happy new year.

[Dudoight]

Isn’t Ed Schultz a left wingnut?

If so, and he buys this progression, isn’t he admitting that the liberal progressive philosophy is a death knell to freedom and the democratic republic?

[Le Chien Rouge]

Why fear collapse???

Only the big guy up stairs knows when the Sh!t Will Hit The Fan.

If you have led a decent enough life, when it does happen, you’re one step closer to heaven.

I’m not some bible thumper but I know this to be true...

[bert]

——The average age of the World’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.——

Do you have a list of those claimed?

I’m sure there are some but as a rule, I doubt it

[hosepipe]

Theres no alternative to actual revolution..
No metaphorical allusion to it will do..

AT the later stages of rot actually "doing it" is required..
FREEDOM requires shedding of blood there is simply no other way..
Its a matter of who's blood... yours or "theirs".. and sometimes BOTH is required..

[cranked]

“Most experts agree”? I call BS.

How about show me one .edu site that talks about the alleged “9 stages of civilization”. How about show me one valid historical/history site that talks about it.

The “9 stages of Civilization” is utter BS and anyone believing in this garbage are simply idiots who would buy mystery oil from a snake-oil salesman. =.=

[GBA]

Yes, the danger is real, clear and present. However, unlike those failed civilizations of the past, we have their histories and Ed Schultz to warn and guide us.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

What a wonderfully positive way to start this new year! We’re DOOMED, DOOMED, I tell you!

[Sherman Logan]

This again, huh.

Please state the specific “great civilizations” used to calculate the 200 year average, as well as the criteria used to put them into the group. Also the starting and stopping points and how they were determined.

Please point out ANY civilization that has ever followed the specific path outlined in your nine steps.

Which “experts” are you referencing, and what poll is your statement that most of them think we are between 7 and 8 based on?

High-sounding malarkey.

[MinorityRepublican]

It is inevitable.