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Will America Collapse Like the Roman Empire?

Posted on 05/03/2013 8:46:31 AM PDT by pinochet

Some philosophers have promoted the idea that it is impossible for human beings to invent new sins. Any "new" sin that may seem shocking to you, is a sin that was practiced in ancient civilizations that have gone before us. In order for a nation or civilization to be strong, families must be strong. When families die, civilizations die along with them. I refer you to this quote from this website http://constitutionschool.com/2012/09/27/first-time-ever-majority-of-american-households-unmarried/

"For the first time, households made up of married couples with and without children dropped below 50 percent of all households, Jacobsen noted. At the peak in 1960, married couples represented 75 percent of all households."

The first great civilization to collapse was Babylon. When Babylon was at its strongest, the empire was known for strong morals and strong families, as reflected in the Code of Hammurabi, which dates to 1772 BC. Centuries later, family bonds collapsed, and Babylon became famous for sexual orgies and gay relationships. The Roman Republic and Empire passed through the same phase, starting as a strong pro-family civilization, and ending up as an empire of sexual orgies that had openly gay emperors like Caligula and Nero.

Now it is America's turn. It is too bad that America may not last over 1000 years like the Babylonian or Roman Empires.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: america; babylon; collapse; families; family; marriage; ntsa; romanempire; vanity
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To: Wildbill22

Wrong......

We make transformers in both Roanoke and Bland Virginia


101 posted on 05/04/2013 5:18:10 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: Wildbill22

Power transformers are indeed made in large numbers in the USA by prestigious companies.


102 posted on 05/04/2013 5:20:44 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: pinochet
It is too bad that America may not last over 1000 years like the Babylonian or Roman Empires.

Television and mass media speeds everything up. In the future, every nation will have 15 minutes of empire.

103 posted on 05/04/2013 5:23:14 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: pinochet
Will America Collapse Like the Roman Empire?

Of course.

The only question is, Sulla or Pinochet or Suharto.

We have WAY more rivers than Indonesia.

104 posted on 05/04/2013 5:25:04 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: bert

I honestly don’t know, but could it be the big ones they were referring to? I guess the average is decades old.


105 posted on 05/04/2013 9:51:36 AM PDT by Wildbill22 (They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton Williams Abrams)
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To: Wildbill22

This is interesting;
http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/Large%20Power%20Transformer%20Study%20-%20June%202012_0.pdf


106 posted on 05/04/2013 9:57:29 AM PDT by Wildbill22 (They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton Williams Abrams)
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To: Wildbill22

Those sites both make big transformers


107 posted on 05/04/2013 10:04:03 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: pinochet

Hadrian was also a homosexual.


108 posted on 05/04/2013 10:11:25 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

No America will collapse like the Weimar Republic.


109 posted on 05/04/2013 10:17:41 AM PDT by ez (Muslims do not play well with others.)
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To: muawiyah

You are forgetting the Byzantine Empire when you say no high civilization existed after the Roman Empire. This empire lasted until about 1450 when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople.


110 posted on 05/04/2013 10:20:34 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: pinochet

Technological change hastens the collapse of American Hegemony? I think that’s a huge factor here.


111 posted on 05/04/2013 10:23:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Sawdring
"then it fragmented for good" ~ and whatever they were doing in the Eastern Empire, that was their business from then on. Took Provence, Gaul, Spain, etc. an awful long time to recover and then only in our own time did they figure out any sort of political unity.

Tellingly, it involves mostly standards ~ which is what Rome was all about as well.

112 posted on 05/04/2013 10:29:59 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: trubolotta
The Roman system discovered a serious imperfection as it moved East. Too many slaves can destroy employment in the homeland.

Therefore it was necessary to provide welfare on an unprecedented scale ~ hence, bread.

113 posted on 05/04/2013 10:33:44 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: apillar

Instantaneous communications with media spin and attempts by progressives to homogenize cultures(while exploiting differences at the same time) and to deemphasize our national heritage is the accelerant.


114 posted on 05/06/2013 5:18:58 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Rest assured, Mankind is loved....both completely and severely!)
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