Posted on 10/27/2025 11:26:34 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Why do the greatest powers all seem to fall into the same trap? In this video, we trace the “empire collapse pattern” from Ancient Rome to France, the Soviet Union, and today’s America. Learn how success breeds arrogance, bureaucracy, and denial—leading to decline and sudden collapse. Are the warning signs repeating right now? Discover the hidden similarities, the fatal mistakes each superpower made, and whether the United States can escape history’s cycle—or is doomed to relive it.
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They let the barbarians in. The barbarians took over.
Don't blame the Democrats.
The American people want soft, secure lives, with everything guaranteed and paid for by someone else. It's been so for generations.
While simultaneously fighting for the Freedom! of every nation on earth. Because we're 'Merica!
Our Empire is bloated and over-extended. The bill was always going to come due eventually.
“The American people want soft, secure lives, with everything guaranteed and paid for by someone else. It’s been so for generations.”
Pretty much.
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I’m the “glass half full” sort of a person that does not lean towards doom and gloom.
Right now doom and gloom is about to take out the democrat party. The good news is that President Trump is at the helm of that ship taking them out, and he will succeed.
The problem is what’s going to fill that gap left by the rat party? Socialist/communists? We shall see.
Think positive people. Once the rat party crashes and burns maybe the old blue dog variety of democrat, those of the JFK era, will once again take over. I could be delusional, but we gotta think positive.
Even a brief review of world history will let any person see that ALL empires fall and that at the time of it's run on the world stage they all thought that "this time it's different".
Men are men, we behave in the same manner due to biologic and behavioral adaptation to our environment and culture. But they all eventually devolve into chaos and then rebuild under a different form that is a solution to the chaos and provides stability.
So are we different than the Romans, Assyrians, Greeks, Spanish, British, Mongol,Persian, Ottoman, Qing/Han/Yuan dynasties, Babylon, Hittite, Egyptian,Byzantine, Babylonian, etc..... yes we are different.... and the same....
I'd just like to try to insure that my family survives and somehow manages to pull through the dark times. But didn't all those prior families in those prior empires wish the same?
” Don’t blame the Democrats.
The American people want soft, secure lives, with everything guaranteed and paid for by someone else. It’s been so for generations.
While simultaneously fighting for the Freedom! of every nation on earth. Because we’re ‘Merica!
Our Empire is bloated and over-extended. The bill was always going to come due eventually. “
I wholeheartedly agree.
I suspect the bill will come due sooner than most expect.
History is not repeating itself nor is it rhyming here. We are in uncharted waters with people desperately searching for a lighthouse, manufacturing similarities because their historical reading is too narrow.
When you are only familiar with the history of hammers, every modern historical cue is going to look, to you, like a nail.
I am pretty sure we are repeating history related to Collapse of Empire. All of the classic indicators are in place and intensifying.
I’ve read for ages that the fall of the Roman Empire was simplified to “bread and circuses”. I believe the same for the American Empire and ours translates to welfare and ball games. IMO. Flame away, but it’s welfare and ball games.
” Learn how success breeds arrogance, bureaucracy, and denial—leading to decline and sudden collapse.”
That captures the democrat party perfectly.
What’s the problem? Let it collapse.
Already posted.
Precisely!
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How many cars do these companies produce/sell outside their home country?”
Grok:
In 2024, China exported 5.86 million vehicles (including 4.96 million passenger cars).c752b3 As of September 2025, year-to-date exports reached 4.95 million vehicles (up 14.8% from the same period in 2024), putting the country on track to surpass 6.5 million for the full year.0af9a7
Where?
Grok:
China exports significantly more cars than the US.
As of September 2025, China has exported 4.95 million vehicles year-to-date, a 14.8% increase from the same period in 2024, with September alone seeing 652,000 units exported.60fa1f957498 This includes both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, driven largely by new energy vehicles (NEVs).
In comparison, the US exported around 1.08 million vehicles year-to-date through September 2025, based on monthly data from the Federal Reserve: approximately 116,000 in January (estimated from trends), 116,000 in February, 143,000 in March, 82,000 in April, 120,000 in May, 127,000 in June, 131,000 in July, 130,000 in August (estimated), and 120,000 in September (estimated).20447d764624 These figures primarily cover light vehicles and show monthly volumes typically between 80,000 and 143,000 units, putting the US on track for about 1.3–1.4 million for the full year.
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