Posted on 03/11/2014 6:24:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The question is not, “Is America falling?” but, rather, “Why is America falling?”
I’m currently writing from CPAC 2014, the nation’s largest gathering of conservative political junkies. The event is being held at the beautiful Gaylord National hotel, adjacent to the scenic shoreline of the historic Potomac River. We’re just a few short miles from Washington, D.C., which, at least for now, remains the modern-day equivalent of the Roman Empire.
I say “at least for now” because America finds itself skipping along the primrose path to Rome’s ill-fated finale. I needn’t trouble you with evidence to that effect as this tragic reality is hopelessly inescapable. It’s a self-evident truth. Unless our next generation of leaders – Gen-Y Millennials – can successfully turn things around, we’re up the Potomac without a paddle....
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After reading Dave Stockman’s 768 page soul crushing book about crony capitalism and our unpayable debt, I’m pretty pessimistic.
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
—Cicero, 55 A.D.
Small government is best. The evidence has been thrown into our faces for thousands of years, yet we never seem to learn.
Science and technology are the wild card.
Look at how fracking has radically altered the energy environment. Ten years ago Boston was running out of natural gas in cold spells, and it looked like we'd have to import LNG.
Then there's the Internet, which has revolutionized commerce, among other things.
All that makes it hard to predict the future.
““Why is America falling?” “
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I say that the American population is no longer the people that I grew up with and around.
So called minorities and immigrants will soon outnumber the traditional Americans. Marxism, once despised, is becoming fashionable under the Marxist POTUS.
I call BS on that quote. Source?
I call BS on that quote. Source?
Another idiot looking for an explanation that doesn’t blame the media’s profits from deficit spending.
And he even referenced ‘Rome’!
Matt, listen... you listening?
The ‘Bread and Circus’ is here and the media is making a fortune off it. The media controls the public square and they won’t allow criticism of ‘Bread and Circus.
Just like it was in Rome, so it is today in America.
Priscus is accosted by a former wealthy Greek Roman citizen who had lost everything and was taken prisoner, but by his long efforts had established himself among the Huns. The spelling is British from the text.
"The spoils of war had restored and improved his private property; he was admitted to the table of his former lord; and the apostate Greek blessed the hour of his captivity, since it had been the introduction to an happy and independent state; which he held by the honourable tenure of military service. This reflection naturally produced a dispute on the advantages, and defects, of the Roman government, which was severely arraigned by the apostate, and defended by Priscus in a prolix and feeble declamation. The freedom of Onegesius exposed, in true and lively colours, the vices of a declining empire, of which he had so long been the victim; the cruel absurdity of the Roman princes, unable to protect their subjects against the public enemy, unwilling to trust them with arms for their own defence; the intolerable weight of taxes, rendered still more oppressive by the intricate or arbitrary modes of collection; the obscurity of numerous and contradictory laws; the tedious and expensive forms of judicial proceedings; the partial administration of justice; and the universal corruption, which increased the influence of the rich, and aggravated the misfortunes of the poor. A sentiment of patriotic sympathy was at length revived in the breast of the fortunate exile; and he lamented, with a flood of tears, the guilt or weakness of those magistrates who had perverted the wisest and most salutary institutions.
Morals were exchanged for fun. The media monster replaced religion. The weed seeds were planted in the 60s. Now the once-beautiful garden is overrun and in need of a serious pruning. We had a really good gardener in the 80s but he’s gone. The new gardener is now picking out the flowers as quickly as possible while he continues to plant more weeds.
As much a pipedream then as now.
Truthfully, I do believe America is indeed in a death-spiral. Economically, culturally, and morally decaying. When I see so much of America embracing deviant crap like homo-marriage, I view it a symbol that America has given itself over to evil, and its days are numbered.
Crypto-currency could be a real game changer for governments world wide. Very interesting times ahead indeed. No parallel to anything in history.
Good points.
"Our nation's youth spend too much of their free time tweeting and IM'ing one another via their iPads. This is not a good omen."
Cicero
Can’t believe no one has pointed the root cause of the death spiral, which is real.
Our nation has rejected God. It’s that simple. The nation that rejects God, kicks Him out, says, “Thanks, but we can do it all without You - we don’t need You...” will find itself losing His blessing, His grace, His mercy and His protection.
Even a large percentage of conservatives fall in this category.
In doing so, a nation signs its own death warrant. It’s clear in history, all through scripture. Nothing new here.
Something that people value and that is beautiful.
Maybe something like tulip bulbs.
Yeah. That would work!
Japan never really had a God and did quite well for a time. If anything they were becoming more and more Christian as their economy declined.
India believes in hundreds of Gods and they're doing quite well right now.
The Islamic world believes in God, and some say the same God as Christians, but if not for oil they would still be penny ante nomadic tribes.
Those countries were not founded on a Christian world view and Christian principles. So they were never blessed like our nation, who, in its beginning, openly and universally acknowledged its dependence on God for all things.
The difference could not be greater.
God, and specifically a universal general belief in the Lord Jesus Christ is what resulted in our nation being unique and exceptional. That is a fact. Every principle embodied in our Constitution came from the Bible.
Those other nations may be prospering materially, but have never prospered spiritually. I’m referring primarily to the moral and spiritual decay of our nation, not the material.
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