I have a copy of Edward Gibbons’ “The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire”, and it is a difficult thing to read that and not see obvious parallels with the United States.
I will say, I think we have a better chance of turning things around than the Roman Empire did, but still...I do see the parallels.
Do you know that the German tribes conquered Rome through rampant illegal immigration as refugees from the Huns? The Roman Empire let them in, abused and enslaved them, and used some tribes as mercenaries in the the Roman Army. Eventually the Germans took over and dismembered the empire. The Germans were the Mexicans of that time.
You’re right about that