“I’ve said it several times on FR...every superpower in history, whether good or bad, has fallen—Rome, Britain, USSR...the US is next.”
Funny, I thought Britain was still around, still possesses one of the largest economies on the planet, and one of the most capable militaries. And this from a nation that truly was stretched in every way possible during its period of ‘superpowerdom’ — a tiny population, massive percentage expenditures on a military that had nothing close to the sort of travel and logistics speed and technology available today, and on and on.
There is no substantive comparison to be drawn between the U.S. of today and Rome, Britain or the USSR. The U.S. may not always be the overweening power of the planet, but it’s virtually impossible - short of sheer physical destruction - to envision a realistic scenario in which it is ever subordinate to another.
I was going to post just about the same thing but felt that someone would surely point out that Britain hasn’t fallen. Thanks. Geopolitical power may wax and wane but its bad enough when people are declinist about Britain, worse still when they do it about America. Declinists have their place. Doomists don’t. Not unless you are a communist, fascist, or islamist.
If God is for us who can be against us?
If God is against us it is time to immigrate somewhere else.
I’m still looking for another Christian nation conceived with prayer and boldness that holds it to be self evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with inalienable rights and trusts in God to provide while also allowing those who believe otherwise to live in their midst governed by their own conscience free from coercion. As soon as I find this place I’m moving there and learning their language like my ancestors did here.
Any suggestions, or countries I should check out?
Right now I’ve got it good living in “God’s Country”(Kansas) the buckle on the Bible belt.
When I said Britain, I meant that Britain used to have the most powerful navy and colonized places all over the world and was THE nation on top. Now most of their colonies have become independent and we have the strongest navy and are the world’s superpower. There was a saying “The sun never sets on the British empire.” Britain no long has an empire.
And no comparisons between Rome and the US today? Well, there was a historian who made a list of 22 factors that lead to the fall of Rome, and compared the state of the US to that list. We have 19. Among them were a craving for entertainment and a failure to protect the defenseless. In America today we have the mall-and-movie theater lifestyle and the legalization of abortion. And we’re divided against ourself politically and racially. A divided house cannot stand. We can’t go on like this much longer. We either get it together or we fall.