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Why empires fall...the history of these cycles.
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Can we stem this tide, the cycles of civilizations. Can we vanquish the progressive scourge, for the sake of all mankind?
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Zenphamy
8 years, 9 months ago
We often forget, the Founders and Framers had no intent of the US becoming an empire. That's been a large part of our mistakes.
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CircuitGuy
8 years, 9 months ago
I think the author's irony is intentional in likening the US to an empire rather than a republic.
"The balance of power has all but dissolved as Congress ceded its power to the executive"
The process seems to be continuing, getting worse.
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8 years, 9 months ago
Of course he left out natural electromagnetic events, heavy metal toxicity, and today's prescription drugs to the causes of falling civilizations...
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"The balance of power has all but dissolved as Congress ceded its power to the executive"
The process seems to be continuing, getting worse.