Posted on 03/10/2010 12:06:55 AM PST by SmokingJoe
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- "One of the disturbing facts of history is that so many civilizations collapse," warns anthropologist Jared Diamond in "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." Many "civilizations share a sharp curve of decline. Indeed, a society's demise may begin only a decade or two after it reaches its peak population, wealth and power."
Now, Harvard's Niall Ferguson, one of the world's leading financial historians, echoes Diamond's warning: "Imperial collapse may come much more suddenly than many historians imagine. A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice." Yes, America is on the edge.
Dismiss his warning at your peril. Everything you learned, everything you believe and everything driving our political leaders is based on a misleading, outdated theory of history. The American Empire is at the edge of a dangerous precipice, at risk of a sudden, rapid collapse.
Ferguson is brilliant, prolific and contrarian. His works include the recent "Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World;" "The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World;" "Colossus: The Rise and Fall of The American Empire;" and "The War of the World," a survey of the "savagery of the 20th century" where he highlights a profound "paradox that, though the 20th century was 'so bloody,' it was also 'a time of unparalleled progress.'"
Why? Throughout history imperial leaders inevitably emerge and drive their nations into wars for greater glory and "economic progress," while inevitably leading their nation into collapse. And that happens suddenly and swiftly, within "a decade or two."
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Agreed. But then I think that's his objective, indeed the objective of all the so called “Progressives” in power...with the collapse will come a need for order because society can not exist in chaos —and then comes the tyrant to lead a new America - socialistic, dictatorial, without compassion, nor possessing patience to accept dissent —a new dark age of tyranny by the elite.
...something dark this way comes for our nation...
Lost my attention right there.
:’) I’m a little dim, what’s the connection with the Gracchii and Popularii?
Optimates, in modern terms, the rest of us.
Any chance of that happening in the next 2+ years?
We need to control immigration into our country, period.
We need to ban Islam under existing hate speech laws, since it isn’t a religious issue (Islam isn’t a religion, it’s a political fetish). That’ll l’arn ‘em.
We need to get the government out of business, downsize it (except for national defense which includes our borders), and reform the tax structure.
And perhaps most importantly, we need to become independently wealthy in energy. Look what it has done for the wealth of the Muzzies — then consider how it’ll be when it isn’t all about government control and corrupt oligarchies.
Thanks SJ!
I smell a near-religious belief system that drives all of the authors conclusions.
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