Shame.
multilineal cultural evolution which birthed relativism...rubbish
there is no doubt that while the world is different and we are different....more benevolent to be sure, yet there are similarities between us and Rome:
Jared Diamond ...more rubbish...
We are decaying from within and from allowing our borders to be wide open.
There is no doubt that inability to enforce one’s border is paramount and this is where we are quite a bit like Rome though their invasion was from the north mostly and better armed (I hope)
Governmental fiscal irresponsibility....another common theme.
The rise of homosexuality...i know the social libs here will scoff but at least in the west this has been a clear signal repeatedly.
Dissolution of a united belief system or dare I say religion. Nations that lasted the longest had shared views on the almighty. It’s an adhesive folks of course today laugh at since we are so much smarter today.
There are some other comparisons too. For me, if the host culture is willing to kill one in four of it’s offspring for convenience then there is no way in hell that civilization can stave off the “barabarians” period. I believe we are living that right now.
So while unlike Rome in many ways....we are like them in others....though I’m uncertain how they were on abortion. Since they had no birth control as effective as ours, it may have been less an issue.
Shame.
multilineal cultural evolution which birthed relativism...rubbish
there is no doubt that while the world is different and we are different....more benevolent to be sure, yet there are similarities between us and Rome:
Jared Diamond ...more rubbish...
We are decaying from within and from allowing our borders to be wide open.
There is no doubt that inability to enforce one’s border is paramount and this is where we are quite a bit like Rome though their invasion was from the north mostly and better armed (I hope)
Governmental fiscal irresponsibility....another common theme.
The rise of homosexuality...i know the social libs here will scoff but at least in the west this has been a clear signal repeatedly.
Dissolution of a united belief system or dare I say religion. Nations that lasted the longest had shared views on the almighty. It’s an adhesive folks of course today laugh at since we are so much smarter today.
There are some other comparisons too. For me, if the host culture is willing to kill one in four of it’s offspring for convenience then there is no way in hell that civilization can stave off the “barabarians” period. I believe we are living that right now.
So while unlike Rome in many ways....we are like them in others....though I’m uncertain how they were on abortion. Since they had no birth control as effective as ours, it may have been less an issue.
It's worth repeating. If this country falls, it will be because we sabotaged ourselves. IMHO, political correctness is doing the job. Wasn't Boas the clown at Columbia U. that hated white devils?