[borghead]

America is Rome of our times. The only true republican form of government with the greatest miliary, economy, and technology that the world has ever had, surrounded by dictatorships and oligarchies. Its good for now, but it can't last. Rome dominated the western world for 400 years, but it fell, and so will the U.S, albeit in a much shorter time, since technology changes so quickly.

[ScholarWarrior]

And for similar reasons, too large government, corrupt leadership, too high taxes, far flung foreign commitments, losing control of the littoral. I agree.