I remember during the George W. Bush years, people said America would fall like Rome because just like Rome, America was this over-extended imperial power that couldn't stop starting wars. And during the Clinton years people said America was like Rome because everyone was too distracted with wealth and frivolity. And now people say America is like Rome because there's too many problems with domestic political institutions. I feel like this is the metaphor people keep updating to describe whatever the status quo happens to be. It's a question no one ever wants to give a hard "no" to, because basically any society looks like some version of Rome from some angle.
But the difference is the public's opinion of the elections and how they respond to election. The insurrection at the capitol was a disastrous moment for democracy and the trust in the election system.
It's quite tragic to think. Where I'm from we say "Rome wasn't built in a day", possibly because we weren't a part of Rome and had no connection to it. However for Italians, it was essentially your Empire so you say "Rome did not fall in a day".
@@BoldOne8760 Wasn’t built in a day reveals a positive and constructive outlook of the future: hard work + commitment can lead to truly great results. Didn’t fall in a day is a negative and rational understanding of inevitable weaknesses: many human errors + neglect can collapse any house, no matter how great. Both are true I think
When I think about American decline, I think about about the vast economic inequality, moral decline, drop in fertility rates, drop in marriage rates, single family household skyrocketing, expensive education and a generation of students swimming in student debt, expensive and inaccessible healthcare, crumbling infrastructure, mass addiction, mass incarceration, drop in life expectancy, illiberal political parties, government corruption, corporate consolidation and anti-competitive market environment, tax loopholes, spiritual decay, political polarization, cultural mediocrity and cultural decline, rising suicide rates in young people, wage stagnation, unaffordable housing, poor health and obesity, decline of socialization and more time spent in front of screens.... the list goes on and on and on. Understanding these things is part and parcel for understanding American decline.
@@alexblack4145 everything this person mentioned is what's going to fuel that sort of takeover. Either that or a revolution (or perhaps both). If democrats had run a radical leftist, I have a feeling progress could have been made but of course dems don't want true progress or anything. People get fed up and naturally want change, we need strong organization when that happens. No joke, if BLM during 2020 had some kind of leadership or Party organization, revolutionary progress might have been made. As tensions rise, as more people are desperate for change, anyone/any party, left or right, who gets to the anti-establishment masses first has a shot of gaining massive power.
All these problems can be solved with the reintroduction of the nuclear family, public shaming of promiscuity & polygamy, & reintroducing physical labour skills into the education system rather than making a push for everyone to go to university
True I agree with your statement but Unfortunately Pakistan has never been a tree it's always been a back water for large empires maybe one day they may have a chance but we shall see 👍 (but I doubt it when they are practically sugar daddied by China)
@@zachrazak3259 I wouldn't say "Sugar Daddied," Pakistan has always been allied to China since 1950. The economic situation in Pakistan has unfortunately made it tied to China, for better or for worse. I think the Chinese-Pakistan alliance is a great decision for Pakistan (considering their proximity and Chinese economic growth in all of Asia). If only we could take care of the corruption in our government and terrorist groups, we could finally focus on developing our country.
@@smith2354 You would have to be quite naive to think that China have done this from the good of their heart they have basically lent Pakistan loans knowing for well that Pakistan will default, therefore Pakistan have to swear an allegiance to them (political pawn). Therefore the sugar daddy relationship has taken effect.
Lol. Very true. We in Europe never considered Americans very civilised (civilised people don't like guns for instance) but the decadence is really awfull (drug addiction, hedonism etc.)
@@anonymousanonymous4690 The average European only experiments some joints or a bit of hash in his teenage/early adult years. In the US crack - way more dangerous than weed or hash - is everywhere. Cocaine is equally spread among the middle and upper classes in both the worlds, I'd say.
Meh it's not even the worst. The worst is TH-cam attention whores getting their simps to agree with their 3rd grade takes on US or Roman History. It's all very cringe though.
haha i think the one from civ 6 is the best one: "It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming."
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them. Thomas Jefferson
A power taken from the people to be given to a few individuals, yeah.... a recipe for a dictatorship. Rome move from a republic... to an absolute monarchy. Look at what happened if you give too much power to politicians of house democrats and house republicans.
Our response to the pandemic is enough to show that this country is literally at risk of crumbling apart at any given emergency. Something *NEEDS* to change.
Because having so much power to then be required to remove it is hard. If you're used to being able to control something, a leader that leaves these capabilities feels uneasy to leave.
U.S inflation hit 7% in December, fastest pace since 1982 . Consumer prices in Germany rose by 3.1% in 2021 . France shows a 12 -months inflation rate of 3.4% the highest since September 2008.
American workers are experiencing unprecedented declines in their real incomes, which is why record numbers have been forced to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. When we talk about 9.1% inflation, the media acknowledged the true rate of inflation of about 18%?
It's going to break to the downside because of the macro economic conditions. It will not recover until the US inflation rate starts to come down. Right now, crypto derivatives trades are the only thing in my portfolio that is doing well and making me serious money.
the severity of the condition of our economic circumstances is beyond many peoples comprehension and many continue to deny its existence.People are working and there is little or nothing to show for it. everybody is basically working to sort out one bill or the other. no savings.
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@@PhilipMurray251 I just looked up Nicole Ann Sabin online and researched her accreditation. She seem very proficient, I wrote her detailing my Fin-market goals and how to go about the economy. I know basically, in order to survive the inflation i need guidance. I appreciate.
"Imagine naming yourself United States of America when your people are divided lmaooooo" -Sun Tzu Edit: don't look at the comments cuz it's literally a cesspool Edit 2: I beg of you,please for the love of all gods don't look at the radioactive cesspool of crap that is the replies of this comment because someone literally links this comment to religion
The fall of Rome happened over centuries, but what I think a lot of people don't realize is how quickly it's going to happen here. The modern era allows instant communication and that means things are going to build up quicker, organize quicker, and catch fire quicker. We don't have centuries of decline left ahead of us like Rome did, we're going to be lucky if we have another decade. I really think things are going to come to a head in 2024 - 2028.
@@buffobison3099 I am not American and I do not live there. But I share your nervousness. January 6th was just a taste of what is to come. With the amount of high-powered weapons of war out there in the hands of your citizenry it is going to be a bad one if it goes wrong.
Humans built civilization. Beasts want to destroy it. Usually for their own self-centered, childish ambitions. Throughout history, we usually had knights. Who kept this kind of bad influence away. And they were guided by Chivalry, instead of Barbarism or Selfishness.
"The highest art of warfare is not to fight at all, but to subvert anything of value in the country of your enemy, until such time that the perception of reality of your enemy is screwed up to such an extent that he does not perceive you as a threat, you can take your enemy down without a single shot being fired." -Yuri Bezmenov (former KGB agent)
@Priyojit chatterjee that axiom is fundamentally a part of the grand narrative, but nice posturing. You have, in fact, been heavily propagandized. You'll never see it, of course, because the task has already been completed. The whole world could show you factually, materially, irrefutably that your worldview is utterly broken, and you'll still crow on about your particular bugaboos, your culture wars, your spite for anything that doesn't cater to your extant biases, and you'll still sit here and tell everyone else outside of your perceived in-group that they're the ones that are fucked up, not you. No, never you. Couldn't be. Keep telling yourself that, internet guy.
@@nickpeterson8659 lmao, no its not but ok - 'disagreeing' is a little bit light so i can already tell whose side youre on here, but denying genocides is ... uhhh ... pretty far fetched. thats the equivalent of quoting a flat earther on any subject of science. the bar is pretty low and there is most certainly better people to use as sources. not only that, but continuing to 'quote' him would be to continue some semblance of his credibility, which i am also against. but im glad i got u mad enough to call me ignorant lol
Except when you look at the world as it is, it may be a moral right, but it is a practical privilege that people do not take seriously in privileged countries, USA namely.
@@DrakesdenChannel true Americans have set up a high bar, as an indian we always compare our democratic values to that of usa, cause you can in US could do seriously anything you want , in India you can't I know there are cultural and social differences, but as an indian I would like to see US as a world leader rather than china or any other undemocratic country....
@@MrJimheeren any country will fall if it perpetuates overbearing control over the populous and incites fear in the people be destroying their lively hoods.
@@xm258 last time I checked those are two countries that never had real democracies in the first place. Or any safeguards to check the government. Btw Belarus and Russia definitely fear their citizens that’s why they crack down so hard on decent
The resources and man power lost in wars could have been used in doing wonders but our primitive egoistic brains don't understand it. Sometimes wars are necessary, the World is not perfect but Humanity can still improve a little bit I believe.
@@MTC008 Well the petrodollar is going out the door, you could have a civil war, degeneracy is at an all time high and rising, and all your polititans are corrupt....
Multiculturalism and diversity in on nation is what causes collapse in ancient Rome and Egypt. How you gonna control and unite different people who want different things, act differently, and have different cultures and traditions
it can happen easily, when leaders give people something to unite on. problem in the us is that they kept wanting it to be whites vs. everyone else instead of Americans vs everyone else.
We're already reflecting the downfall of Rome in a major way, especially the way that entertainment has more and more become a staple of our lives. We love movies and TV shows, we idolize stars, and The Learning Channel has shows like "Honey Boo Boo" on it because it gets better ratings. Not to mention our obsession with sports. In Roman times this was called the "bread and circuses" era. They kept the people placid with entertainment, basically, while they became more and more corrupt and did their evil deeds in broad daylight while the people were too distracted to notice.
great point Rome had a lot blood on it hands in same way America dose that they fall china will happen as well to every country's that has stole land and conquer it will fall but question is not if but when
I agree with a lot of what you are saying but a huge difference between the roman empire and the united states is that the USA has a free market system in which people make entertainment for themselves and provide something else in return for each other. The roman entertainment in the roman empire was greatly dependent on both initiative of the people and the government itself. In nowadays USA, most of the events that are organized are from profit organizations who do not have any interests in corrupt politicians.
NEWSFLASH: the infiltrator Democrat & RINO leader Illuminati Freemasons are already stealing America. They already have us enslaved with 30 trillion in debt and we are just waiting for them to crash the economy to make the steal and failure of America official.
@@bixnood7273 Lol funny you think these problems with America are new; they aren't. Our problems have only been getting worse for decades, the golden age of the US was in the early 1900's. Every decade since there's been a new problem, Rome still lasted for a very long time, if the US empire collapses it will be a mere fraction of that time, only goes to show how much worse it is now.
People don’t realize how much we rely on gentlemens’s agreements and norms in government. When you get people who no longer care about that, they can abuse their power.
Either we need to split up to heal, or we need to abandon all parties and have new ideologies that arent created yet. Every single party and ideology is corrupt and tyrannical.
My brother is an engineer but doesn't know history as well as I do. Most students learn almost no history in a school system that puts almost all its focus on math and in STEM education.
Facts if the congress would consider the mass of people right to have a clear audited account of the vote rather disregarding the a continuing which the process the would have been no capital riot... the fault lies with them not the people
@@MegaNiQ Duh. So was every other single pre-modern state in existence. Infant and child mortality was extremely high so fertility and reproduction were paramount to ensuring the continuation of the state. Victorian morals have nothing to do with reality.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” -Winston Churchill.
And when history keeps repeating itself, it is no longer history is it. Most people get fired when and if they cannot do a job or perform their obligations and currently the global governing authority has thrown everyone in the entire world under the bus. "If you keep doing what you've always done, you will keep getting what you always got." Politics has become the most pathetic, patronizing, insulting, bullshit charade and they actually have the audacity to think we should trust them and continue being loyal, voting citizens.
What's "unconstitutional" is shutting people out of the Capitol in defiance of their first amendment right to protest, then attacking them, then murdering them.
Some historian from the future: "For 300 years, the empire of America since its inception had never been successfully invaded even once. It only collapsed in on itself from the inside. Only then in its weakened form could its great lands become vulnerable to invasion from all sides."
It's not that I support the January 6th event, but my God I'm sick of the double standard where everyone bemoans it but ignores the entire year leading up to it and all the destruction and dissimulation. Neither "side" learned any lessons.
I’m so glad that he said American dictatorship because that’s just as possible as anywhere else. I have had people said it’s impossible for America to fall under a dictatorship. Or a coup de detaté is impossible and will never happen. The ignorance makes my blood boil.
@@thanksmaybe4103 I unfortunately think you’re right. Probably, people don’t realize how much they’re attracted to totalitarianism from both ends of politics. There’s no freedom in either extreme.
You have a sort of dictatorship. You get charged with hate crimes if you don't have the correct view. Society punishes you for even joking. You have to get vaxxed and although that isn't mandatory you can't go to the university of illinois and maybe others if you aren't vaxxed. You can't go to the pub in England if you aren't vaxxed, do certain jobs cause your employer wants you vaxxed. You get treated like a terrorist or an insidlrectionist for being inside the Capitol and having a free tourism guide. For example, baked Alaska wasn't violent and we know it because he was live streaming everything and he was jailed in terrible conditions for a week and is threatened with a big sentence. It's called the authoritarian left. It may not be the exact definition of a dictatorship but it is very bad and what freedom do you really have? Disobey and get punished or disobey and be hated or conform and hope for the best.
"could"? more like,"IS" the collapse of Rome wasn't overnight, it was a process (and the same goes to the British, Ottoman, Spanish, and all other empires), and the US is already on the early stages of that process, but it is a process that will take decades and perhaps even over a century still, looking forward to the final gasp of US imperialism, finally may the global south be free
@@ramanpreciado2241 He just wants to be in that Empire. It's human nature. Those on the bottom want to be on top. Those at the top, want to stay there. So they divide the bottom and middle by causing them to fight each other. Nothing new here.
We are on a severe decline as the wealth gap increases, people work harder for mediocre wages and there's little room for economic movement among the younger generation. People are angry, scared and tired, also a good portion of the population is armed and have ways of organizing. This is the start of a revolution of sorts.
As an American this is very sad to watch but true. Also, our two major political parties are causing so much harm. Right now we could have super speed trains and better infrastructure
@S Cor The democrats also want to knowingly increase inflation with the inflation reduction act, they they admit themselves, with the intention of inflation going down in future years, which literally never happens. But sure, bury your head in the sand.
If you've been worried your entire life, then be worried, don't change. If you've been poor, sad, tired, etc. This isn't the first time the universe has created you, and in the threshold of your variations, it's best to accept what you are and where you stand.
This is exactly the way it’s going here. I just hope we split the country into a few smaller countries amicably before the war, extreme unrest and civil collapse pops off.
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As far as I remember, Rome fell because of the incompetence of their rulers, many of them killed the generals they needed to fight the hordes of barbarians who were waiting to assault rome, the greed of the roman rulers led to its decadency, and it all exploded when they put a very young emperor in charge who was not prepared to defend Rome, Rome auto-destroyed itself at the point it could not defend itself and that was the reason they got conquered by the germanic tribes.
Rome also governed an area larger than the US and didn't have modern armies, satellites, drones, and spaceships like the US and they lasted until the 1400's. The US has also only had 1 civil war in its 250 year history whereas there were constant armed conflicts in the Roman Republic/ Empire. Not only is the the USA the most stable country to exist, it's the most powerful to have existed. There is no comparison between the two other than the Capitol being modeled after the Roman Forum
One of the major contributors to Romes decline was inflation. Rome was, at the beginning, a Republic. It transitioned to an Empire under Ceasar. The founders mistrusted Democracys, because of the strong tendencies to decline into Mob rule. As a check to balance the Democracy, they created the US as a Republic. A Republic requires that its citizens be well informed, engaged in their governments, and behave in a manner that indicates that are Sovereign, and responsible to manage themselves for the greater good. America has and continues to decline, and is Sloughing Toward Gomorrah. Back to Rome and Inflation. Rome itself, did very little to support itself. As their armies went about the world, conquering, taxes were brought into Rome and this is what supported Rome the city. Over time, Romes money was devalued, and went from gold, silver, copper to tin. Forgive me if I have the sequence wrong. America too, is in decline as a world power. We no longer export much, we r no longer manufacture much, and our money has been devalued since Nixon I believe, took us off either the gold or silver standard. Our money has very little real value, as it 'floats' in value day to day. Impacted by daily events.
Coronavirus pushed inflation to the edge, Now if russia does go to war with ukraine, then i think thats a major blow to us and we will be on rapid decline from there where the stupid rich get too greedy and collapse themselves
@@brandonmora4611 on top of that countries like iran and oil rich countries are starting to sell their oil everywhere it will be just matter of time usa will unless they really change their ways.
Not under Caesar but after the death of Julius Caesar. The Empire began when Octavian, also known as Augustus Caesar came into power and became the First Roman Emperor.
Calm down the turmoil you're seeing now is the same as with 1960s with civil rights race riots dems vs reps blocking each other marching protests in Washington assassination heck its even worse with the draft in vietnam and loud conservatives but did it collapsed like Rome? No they even went to the moon in 1969
His whole point is it isn't. His belief is it's becoming more autocratic. That led to the height of Romes power. When Rome stopped conquering and tried to consolidate the west went bankrupt and collapsed due to repeated invasions and unrest.
@@Zelp789 what cultural revolution that was in China and killed 20 Million people from 1966 to Maos death in 1976 again look at the 1960s especially from 1965 to 1968 probably the most turbulent time in American history
"fall like rome" Roman empire in 4th century to end never called themselves imperator (commander) and princep (first citizen) but called "dominus" means lord and master or lord/master
America is slowly crippling thru the drug war. The foundation is horrible killing natives off for land & deporting mexicans. All native, mexican are indigenous to these lands with more birthrights than foreigners.
This is very true and sadly its not US exclusive. Everytime a politician ignores bad behavior because its his own party or because it will benefit his party we get a step closer to this scenario coming true.
America has been practicing democracy, let’s hope that the America and the western world learns a lesson from this experience and we begin to become a Democracy.
Greetings! I am a time traveller from the year 2069. I currently live in the Kingdom of California and I must say, the points presented in this video were on point. Hail the bear king!
Except we will most likely run out of resources to fuel our war hungry armies in less than a 100 years. We go through much more resources than we every have in history and when they run out we will have to resort to other methods
@@musicrevelation2023 I never said USA will fall in 100s of years. I just said people should not expect it to fall in one night. I expect to see "fall" of US in my lifetime, probably at some point in next 50 years.
@@Tribalpotato I understand forgive me on that part, I do agree with America falling in the next 50 years unless we can stop constantly wasting money and constantly go backwards. What I mean is, if one president does something the next stops it and then start anything project and it seems like nothijg gets done but wasting money and starting wars lol
I also see the possibility of the US having a similar future to how feudal Japan was. A President will be elected that will grow increasingly more dictatorial, and out of fear states will begin seceding, which will kick off the 2nd Civil War. With the Civil War ending in the nation being re-united and Draconically re-ordered into an autocratic feudal military state, ruled by a modern shogunate.
@@pepeshadilay3834 Nope. Instead the police will be more militarized and police chiefs, sheriffs, and deputies will become the equivalent of feudal lords.
@@colorfulbleeding what does that even meaaaaan? Degenerate? What do you mean and how does that destroy an empire? So fucking vague but I've seen like 5 people commenting the same thing. Degeneracy could mean like infrastructure decline, or if you're a radical christian fundamentalist it could mean being gay. wdym
@@piratepat44 The empire was based on war and conquest with a strong government based on war traditions. The degeneracy of the empire came when it became complacent, let it s border in decrepitude while the new leaders adopted a new religion (christianity) that was not capable of conquest and preached the abolition of the old ways. On the contrary, The roman way of life was very open about gay sex, cuckoldry and cult of the body. The degeneration of it s culture is what destroyed the empire. With a new religion based on peace and seeking to destroy the old culture the citizens lost any interest into helping the empire and the army became weak. Migrations were always a big weight on the empire but strong leaders and enforced cult of the Caesar was an unifying factor that permitted Rome to resists invasions. With a civilization changing it s principles and a weak government the empire degenerated into destruction. I do not praise the idea of an authoritarian government but everything prove that when you destroy long lasted cultural aspect and introduce foreign cultures each time a strong empire or country goes down and die. We can see that with the US today compared to China. The US is eating itself internally, yesterday Protestantism culture is getting destroyed by the influx of Catholicism from Hispanic migrations and multi culturalism. I do not condemn those cultures I just point out that such change will result in the destruction of the American empire and the degeneracy of its founding culture.
Except the difference is the Roman Empire lasted a very long time and was able to maintaing its standards back home. America today is facing a wholly different situation where the situation at home is so rotten and bad that people have just given up.
@@zixx844 "Except the difference" No. There is no difference, lol. The social conditions of the american populace almost directly mirror those of the republic before transitioning into the empire. Before the empire was formed, there was a bunch of poor losers in Rome complaining about how everyone is giving up just like you are now lol; Caesar took advantage of this & seized power almost exclusively through populism and class warfare.
@@KevinJohnson-cv2no Do you really think America is gonna thrive after it becomes a dictatorship? Every. Single. Fascist dictatorship has been a failure. Every single one. Cause they are fundamentally against reality and see reality as an existential threat to the regime. Your little authoritarian America would look more like fascist Italy then Rome.
@@zixx844 Except no one mentioned anything about Fascism lmao, but I'm sure your little leftist mind couldn't help bringing up buzzwords. Also, how is an autocracy "fundamentally against reality"? If anything that's democracy, a system which assumes we live in a fantasy world where every civilian is as intelligent and educated as one-another, thus enabling equal voting. But we don't live in this world, most people are of subpar intellect and are barely able to wrap their minds around a basic education, much less political theory; the masses have proven themselves again & again to be impressionable, drunken morons voting purely off of instinct with no comprehension of governance. Yet you think it's wise to give the reigns of the most powerful nation on Earth to them. Democracy is the dictatorship of the weak, and as long as you have a political system built around appealing to the lowest common denominators of society, you'll always remain stagnant; because the fact is that we are not equal, and the losers at the bottom of society are incapable of making thought-out decisions.
One key difference to consider is that in Rome leading politicians had their own army that was loyal to them and not the state, this meant ambitious politicians (like Sulla + Caesar) had real military power they could use to fight the Senate and impose their agenda. That's not really possible in the US right now (although we could see private corporate armies in the future?).
i'd argue trump has a similar power, but to a lesser degree. he got a mob of people to storm the capital and there are thousands of armed trump voters who will literally go to war if he tells them to
Yes but you have multiple paramilitary groups led by ex military members that have been militarized. All you need is the right person to stirr the hatred pot enough and we already came very close to that.
@@the-letter_s the next will come soon, reason? Using China made Vaccine (don't worry, Fake Vaccine won't hurt you , it's only just as useful as nothing)
I've been saying this since HS and back then it wasn't even necessarily as a diss, more just an "all great empires must come to an end" kinda vibe. However, the older I get (27 now) the worse things have gotten, and while I used to think that I wouldn't see the full on fall in my lifetime, nowadays i'd be surprised if it didn't happen before my 40s.
@ゴロゴロ Nah China is going to overtake you blokes in 20 years at the absolute most. I agree with you that its deluded to think America could fall like rome. There wont be barbarians at the gate and the actual break up of the country. Although i dont think a form of civil war is entirely off the cards. But youre evidently not going to be the number one geopolitical force for much longer.
@ゴロゴロ I really respect that. I do. May I ask, where are you from? I'm from the US, but I'm Native American. Hunkapapa Lakota-Sioux. My standpoint, on many things that include the US government, is that you can't trust them. A couple centuries ago, they almost wiped us out and they're still trying to, albeit, not as blatantly obvious. But we've survived, like many thousands of others who've survived the American Empire. Like I told the OP, I really do value what other people outside of the US think about. Because they've witnessed how American troops and politicians have invaded and conquered and destroyed so much in the name of democracy and freedom.
When I was in high school (graduated 1981) I doubted I would ever see America collapse. Now I think our collapse is on the horizon. Liberals and leftists are collapsing out great country.
I am a fairly middle of the isle guy when it come politics but this guy really lets his political leanings shape is historical view and modern comparison of Rome.
I remember in college, UTSA, I would hear my peers saying that the fall of the of Rome was due to all the illegals and that the USs would be the same fate. Irony is that I watched some of those kids as adults see their yards cut, cars fixed, homes built and remolded by the same people they disparaged in their younger years.
Your cliche point is completely out of context and child like 😂 Unless you think that the vast majority of illegals are sweet pool cleaning angels who just love america and want to integrate. Any country that takes in gigantic numbers of people who are directly opposed to the “idea” of that country, will have problems thats just logic
@@alexalexalex797SMH, have you been to a construction site? Been around contracted workers? Cooks, waitstaff, any janitorial personnel in your building? Or are you from a rural area with no buildings over 3 stories? You didn't touch any of my points in comment and meandered into some delusional nonsequater rant. Especially since it's not the intent of the illegals that i was pointing out but of business owners that make profit off the labor and socialist like you that employee or hire these illegals for little jobs, mechanical work or landscaping or whatever because hiring Americans is too costly. If governor wabbit here in Texas was serious, like Don Huffines (who I canvas for) , he would make all businesses use E-Verify not just those with 25 or more employees. To include Form 1099 Self Employed. And heavily fine those that employ, and not just that "knowingly" (there is a legal distinction) employ illegal workers or sub contract illegals. And set up a bounty for pointing out companies that hire illegals. But these companies hire then and donate to the State RNC to NOT solve this issue because they can use it to rile up the base, such as a base person such as yourself and allows them to hire and then generate profit from there low wages. But socialist like you with no answers, solutions or directions just want to break America for the hell of it. Next time bring answers and not communist straw man arguments that all RINOs make, oh wait do you even know what a straw man arguments is? Ooh just bless your heart because it's in the right direction, just stop being a RINO get some solutions or answers or GTFO Oh, did you just learn the word "cliche"? You do know that it kinda shows your french commie roots. Just saying.
@@blancavelasquez9859 its the work available that is the magnet and problem. what gov. wabbitt here in TX could do is make all companies, not just the Federally mandated that have at least 25 employees, run those who have W-2 (employees) or 1099 (contractors), go through E-Verify. -And enforce current laws against companies hiring non-citizens. -But that would crash the housing and low wage employers and we would be back raise prices to encourage Americans to take shitty jobs. But gov. wabbitt keeps the issue at the border because its meat for the base, and a Fed issue, but the interior of Texas is all him.
Back when I was in school around 6 or 7 years ago I was beginning to draw parallels between the fall of Rome (which I had to do for an assignment) and modern America. It's interesting to see how it has spread as a conversation topic
Once people get past the negative connotations of the words “Balkanization” or “secession”, they’d probably realize that it’s the most peacefully best case possible outcome of the United States.
@@TejasM14 because multiple states individual secession has the possibility of being a non violent transition. Continuing to keep 330ish million very very different and very very ununified people, with different values and spread across 3.8 million square miles; all under the same central government is impossible. Individual secession of states has the *possibility* of being peaceful through incredible effort and luck on everyone’s parts. The other option, lashing everyone to a ship half of them think is sinking (whether that be true or not), guarantees civil strife and violence.
As a little aside, grouping very different people, with very different values, and different cultures together under a central government and forcing them to adopt a new identity (Congonese or Liberian or wherever else) is Africa’s biggest problem post colonization. Although texas and California haven’t come to insurgency based civil wars yet, I don’t think that they will mesh any better than the Congo if much more goes on.
You need to stop browsing social media or watching the mainstream media. Despite fringe groups having the loudest voices and the media showing nothing but doom and gloom, America is pretty stable and united. You can see it with the men and women who serve in the armed forces or when America comes together during times of sadness. If you walk outside and go anywhere in the country whether it be the biggest city or smallest town, mostly everyone identifies themselves as American. Ideas such as "balkanization" and "secession" ARE negative for a reason. It ALWAYS leads to war(Balkan wars, aftermath of USSR collapse, US civil war, African civil wars) and leaves nasty scars and grudges.
@@mr.spartacus6390 yeah make sense England, Spain, Italy, France all were once under roman empire. In the end they did pretty ok. Ofc there was this period called the medieval age in the middle.
I have to agree with you on this. I could easily see the US balkanising, such a thing has happened on a smaller scale with people moving to different regions for ideological reasons. It's really the only way to prevent a full-on civil war--just let them go.
I agree, but we need a unified force and labor unions that are “bi partisan” to end the awful two party system and stop the police state that America is becoming. They just forced one of the richest man to go on a Israel propaganda field trip and yanked their ads. Lol we should all be scared.
It doesn’t even matter anymore. No matter who we vote for, our country will go to hell. I find it depressing that we are so caught up in politics to not even realize that we are dividing ourselves more and more every day. We have serious problems, yet we are too stupid to see it.
I remember during the George W. Bush years, people said America would fall like Rome because just like Rome, America was this over-extended imperial power that couldn't stop starting wars. And during the Clinton years people said America was like Rome because everyone was too distracted with wealth and frivolity. And now people say America is like Rome because there's too many problems with domestic political institutions. I feel like this is the metaphor people keep updating to describe whatever the status quo happens to be. It's a question no one ever wants to give a hard "no" to, because basically any society looks like some version of Rome from some angle.
Yoooo JJ! Great videos my dude.
All those problems, have always been, at the exact same time...
Based JJ
But the difference is the public's opinion of the elections and how they respond to election. The insurrection at the capitol was a disastrous moment for democracy and the trust in the election system.
You only covered a period of about 30 years there, Rome was in decline for 50. In the lens of history, Bill Clinton was President yesterday.
In Italy we like to say, “Rome did not fall in a day”
It's quite tragic to think. Where I'm from we say "Rome wasn't built in a day", possibly because we weren't a part of Rome and had no connection to it. However for Italians, it was essentially your Empire so you say "Rome did not fall in a day".
@@BoldOne8760 Wasn’t built in a day reveals a positive and constructive outlook of the future: hard work + commitment can lead to truly great results.
Didn’t fall in a day is a negative and rational understanding of inevitable weaknesses: many human errors + neglect can collapse any house, no matter how great.
Both are true I think
Amo esa cita, encierra tantas verdades. Saludos 👋
But Italy joined the Nazis in a day.
@@mountopia77 in the end they still both didn't fall in a day
The german philosopher Hegel once said: The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from it.
The only thing you learn from humans is that they don’t if they don’t want to.
Rip to all Italians that had to study Hegel. Guys, after Kant and Hegel is all down hill
An implant to remember the history will go a long way i think
History usually repeats itself...
@@ciaux I’ve read tens of thousands of TH-cam comments but I’ve never read one so controversial. I almost had to report it.
When I think about American decline, I think about about the vast economic inequality, moral decline, drop in fertility rates, drop in marriage rates, single family household skyrocketing, expensive education and a generation of students swimming in student debt, expensive and inaccessible healthcare, crumbling infrastructure, mass addiction, mass incarceration, drop in life expectancy, illiberal political parties, government corruption, corporate consolidation and anti-competitive market environment, tax loopholes, spiritual decay, political polarization, cultural mediocrity and cultural decline, rising suicide rates in young people, wage stagnation, unaffordable housing, poor health and obesity, decline of socialization and more time spent in front of screens.... the list goes on and on and on. Understanding these things is part and parcel for understanding American decline.
this is what I was thinking when first clicked video but its all about jan 6 lol "the worst thing to happen in usa history" gimmie a break
The same points you make here were made in the 1876 presidential campaign nearly word for word... So nothing's changed..
No your wrong. Listen to vice. It’s gonna be an evil dictator takeover
@@alexblack4145 everything this person mentioned is what's going to fuel that sort of takeover.
Either that or a revolution (or perhaps both). If democrats had run a radical leftist, I have a feeling progress could have been made but of course dems don't want true progress or anything.
People get fed up and naturally want change, we need strong organization when that happens. No joke, if BLM during 2020 had some kind of leadership or Party organization, revolutionary progress might have been made.
As tensions rise, as more people are desperate for change, anyone/any party, left or right, who gets to the anti-establishment masses first has a shot of gaining massive power.
All these problems can be solved with the reintroduction of the nuclear family, public shaming of promiscuity & polygamy, & reintroducing physical labour skills into the education system rather than making a push for everyone to go to university
We are already in a corporate owned autocracy. Corporations own both parties.
Corpocracy you mean.. its true
only because of lobbyists, that's the real problem
Conspiracy nut
@@AM-er3zq it doesn't take a tinfoil hat to realise how much of your country is owned by corporations
Just look at the 65 year old that got arrested in TX bc the company said so.
We have a saying for that here in Pakistan; "No matter how tall a tree grows, if its roots are not entrenched deep enough, its destined to fall".
True I agree with your statement but Unfortunately Pakistan has never been a tree it's always been a back water for large empires maybe one day they may have a chance but we shall see 👍 (but I doubt it when they are practically sugar daddied by China)
@Benjamin Franklin lol Trump is best that happened to you,time is already showing you.
@@zachrazak3259 I wouldn't say "Sugar Daddied," Pakistan has always been allied to China since 1950. The economic situation in Pakistan has unfortunately made it tied to China, for better or for worse. I think the Chinese-Pakistan alliance is a great decision for Pakistan (considering their proximity and Chinese economic growth in all of Asia). If only we could take care of the corruption in our government and terrorist groups, we could finally focus on developing our country.
Wise words indeed
@@smith2354
You would have to be quite naive to think that China have done this from the good of their heart they have basically lent Pakistan loans knowing for well that Pakistan will default, therefore Pakistan have to swear an allegiance to them (political pawn). Therefore the sugar daddy relationship has taken effect.
Makes me think of a quote by Oscar Wilde.
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
Lol. Very true. We in Europe never considered Americans very civilised (civilised people don't like guns for instance) but the decadence is really awfull (drug addiction, hedonism etc.)
@@MrSparklespring Europeans love drugs too
@@anonymousanonymous4690 That's true but luckily we don't have an epidemic of fentanyl or designer drugs like in the US.
@@anonymousanonymous4690 Atleast they dont have gun
@@anonymousanonymous4690 The average European only experiments some joints or a bit of hash in his teenage/early adult years. In the US crack - way more dangerous than weed or hash - is everywhere. Cocaine is equally spread among the middle and upper classes in both the worlds, I'd say.
Claiming to be an American patriot and raise a confederate flag at the capitol is wild
but the flag of a terrorist nation is okay
dixie was flag before the civil war to my knowledge. it was used but not originally made for it
@@playernotfound9489still not the American flag
@@Icecreamman007 it was used for a Robert e lee's army i think?
"If you're to dumb to have an opinion, just comment a quote from a smart person"
~ Albert Einstein, Art of War
You just attacked the majority of the internet, dude
@@ashmax3228 "He is too dangerous to be left alive!" -Mace Windu
ironic to quote that quote :)
~ But honestly, by Michael Scott
Too*
"I'll post a quote from someone important in history on how we never learn from history, to sound insightful" - Average TH-cam Commentor.
Meh it's not even the worst. The worst is TH-cam attention whores getting their simps to agree with their 3rd grade takes on US or Roman History. It's all very cringe though.
and we already have politicians on both sides that only care about winning and power !
haha i think the one from civ 6 is the best one:
"It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming."
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
Thomas Jefferson
Rome fell because they became degenerate and let the migration invasion destroy the empire... so yea totally america right now
Rome took decades to “fall” it was not a single event
By that time it had moved to constantinople and endured another 1000 years.
... but Rome is still around. There is always more than meets the eye ...
It started on September 11th, we’re crumbling more and more every year
A power taken from the people to be given to a few individuals, yeah.... a recipe for a dictatorship. Rome move from a republic... to an absolute monarchy. Look at what happened if you give too much power to politicians of house democrats and house republicans.
their christians are still around when they took power and killed their choosen leader... and their choosen people through the centuries, even now.
Our response to the pandemic is enough to show that this country is literally at risk of crumbling apart at any given emergency. Something *NEEDS* to change.
The fact you use words like pandemic is beyond scary. Repeat after me! It was mass murder! Stop being a donkey.
Our education needs to change
*non-emergency.
The problem is that the necessary next step in human evolution is communism and the USA is dogmatically opposed to such a thing.
All empires fall and usually from within. The US will be no different. It is inevitable.
Because american companies are giving money to china also people should boycott china and india because china and india will start the apocalypse
@@estelaangeles2346 yes and no. China and India will not cause the end of the world, but it would be the most deadliest war in a while.
@@estelaangeles2346 India? A country that hasn't attacked first or invaded another country since 1947, will start the apocalypse.
Riiiiight
@@LazerEyeX_X Didn't they have wars with Pakistan
What do you expect with Democraps
Benjamin Franklin once said the hardest thing for someone in power to do is STEP DOWN
that's because Washington Post wasn't printing lies about him while defending Hunter
what about step up
@@bustanut5876 a promotion lol that’s always easy
@brando oic maybe selling out is the way to go
Because having so much power to then be required to remove it is hard. If you're used to being able to control something, a leader that leaves these capabilities feels uneasy to leave.
Rome had so many civil wars and outside invasions, as well as having too much spending.
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The US has a shitload amount of debt from overspending with the military, domestic issues, etc.
@@hg0580 yep, the government is literally spending billions of dollars that they don't even have.
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszykiewic3338 please stop you clearly don’t know anything about monetary policy or the usd.
That's not what made Rome collapse, It's the threat you don't see with the blade.
U.S inflation hit 7% in December, fastest pace since 1982 . Consumer prices in Germany rose by 3.1% in 2021 . France shows a 12 -months inflation rate of 3.4% the highest since September 2008.
American workers are experiencing unprecedented declines in their real incomes, which is why record numbers have been forced to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. When we talk about 9.1% inflation, the media acknowledged the true rate of inflation of about 18%?
It's going to break to the downside because of the macro economic conditions. It will not recover until the US inflation rate starts to come down. Right now, crypto derivatives trades are the only thing in my portfolio that is doing well and making me serious money.
the severity of the condition of our economic circumstances is beyond many peoples comprehension and many continue to deny its existence.People are working and there is little or nothing to show for it. everybody is basically working to sort out one bill or the other. no savings.
My little advice, we need to prepare for the future we need to look into safer investment with good prospect . If you have the mindset of investing 5 years ahead and just keep DCA every time you get paid. My portfolio have accrued gains of about $130k under the guidance of my investment -Advisor "Nicole Ann Sabin" whose skills in portfolio diversification are unmatched and client-centered
@@PhilipMurray251 I just looked up Nicole Ann Sabin online and researched her accreditation. She seem very proficient, I wrote her detailing my Fin-market goals and how to go about the economy. I know basically, in order to survive the inflation i need guidance. I appreciate.
"Imagine naming yourself United States of America when your people are divided lmaooooo"
-Sun Tzu
Edit: don't look at the comments cuz it's literally a cesspool
Edit 2: I beg of you,please for the love of all gods don't look at the radioactive cesspool of crap that is the replies of this comment because someone literally links this comment to religion
“White States of America”
Wkwkwk
Fortnite dance
I didn't know Sun Tzu knew what lmaooo is
@@fajarmaulanaramadan7438 well, think about it for a minute , It was named the United States of America, not the United people of America 🤦🏻
It's not "could" its how American is falling like Romans did.
Except Rome will be remembered and revered forever while America will be spat upon
@@sit-insforsithis1568 everything goes in cycles. Enough years go by usa will get the same treatment as rome
@@spencervance8484 I just hope the western culture will survive
@@sit-insforsithis1568 the american empire is to the English empire what the byzantine empire was to rome.
@@spencervance8484 that is truly an enlightened statement I believe
The fall of Rome happened over centuries, but what I think a lot of people don't realize is how quickly it's going to happen here. The modern era allows instant communication and that means things are going to build up quicker, organize quicker, and catch fire quicker. We don't have centuries of decline left ahead of us like Rome did, we're going to be lucky if we have another decade. I really think things are going to come to a head in 2024 - 2028.
Let’s hope we take the opportunity to become an even better country! I know I’ll try, even though every sign points to make me nervous as hell
@@buffobison3099 I am not American and I do not live there. But I share your nervousness. January 6th was just a taste of what is to come. With the amount of high-powered weapons of war out there in the hands of your citizenry it is going to be a bad one if it goes wrong.
@@jewulowhat weapons of war do we have? Nothing aside from pistols we can have the military uses
Humans built civilization. Beasts want to destroy it.
Usually for their own self-centered, childish ambitions.
Throughout history, we usually had knights. Who kept this kind of bad influence away. And they were guided by Chivalry, instead of Barbarism or Selfishness.
Amen
"A house divided against It's self cannot stand"
"The highest art of warfare is not to fight at all, but to subvert anything of value in the country of your enemy, until such time that the perception of reality of your enemy is screwed up to such an extent that he does not perceive you as a threat, you can take your enemy down without a single shot being fired."
-Yuri Bezmenov (former KGB agent)
Bingo!
He's talking about the J's
@Priyojit chatterjee I'm pretty sure Yuri was against the Democrats, not the Republicans
@Priyojit chatterjee Your whole comment is proof you’ve been propagandised well by the elite puppet masters 🙂
@Priyojit chatterjee that axiom is fundamentally a part of the grand narrative, but nice posturing. You have, in fact, been heavily propagandized. You'll never see it, of course, because the task has already been completed. The whole world could show you factually, materially, irrefutably that your worldview is utterly broken, and you'll still crow on about your particular bugaboos, your culture wars, your spite for anything that doesn't cater to your extant biases, and you'll still sit here and tell everyone else outside of your perceived in-group that they're the ones that are fucked up, not you. No, never you. Couldn't be. Keep telling yourself that, internet guy.
As Michael Parenti said about the assassination of Julius Caesar: "When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed."
Very nice, thank you for introducing me to this. This highly resonates with my experiences in guerilla reality improvement.
Ah yes the USSR supporter and genocide denier, great person to quote bro 👍
@@adam3496 disregarding everything a person ever says just because you disagree with them about something else is the pinnacle of ignorance.
@@nickpeterson8659 lmao, no its not but ok - 'disagreeing' is a little bit light so i can already tell whose side youre on here, but denying genocides is ... uhhh ... pretty far fetched. thats the equivalent of quoting a flat earther on any subject of science. the bar is pretty low and there is most certainly better people to use as sources. not only that, but continuing to 'quote' him would be to continue some semblance of his credibility, which i am also against. but im glad i got u mad enough to call me ignorant lol
@@adam3496 no one has done more genocide than america...
"Freedom isn't a privilege, it's a right"
- Master Oogway
Except when you look at the world as it is, it may be a moral right, but it is a practical privilege that people do not take seriously in privileged countries, USA namely.
What’s the difference?
@@DrakesdenChannel true Americans have set up a high bar, as an indian we always compare our democratic values to that of usa, cause you can in US could do seriously anything you want , in India you can't I know there are cultural and social differences, but as an indian I would like to see US as a world leader rather than china or any other undemocratic country....
Rome fell because they became degenerate and let the migration invasion destroy the empire... so yea totally america right now
@@colorfulbleeding true, and now usa is doing the same
Im 62 and its scary how much this country has fallen just in my lifetime.
Someone once told me “a government that doesn’t fear the people is a government doomed to fall”
Suuure bud. Normal countries are not on a fear based system in the first place
@@MrJimheeren any country will fall if it perpetuates overbearing control over the populous and incites fear in the people be destroying their lively hoods.
@@MrJimheeren just look at Russia How its falling In pieaces and Revolution In belarus Can't See History Repeating it self
@@xm258 last time I checked those are two countries that never had real democracies in the first place. Or any safeguards to check the government. Btw Belarus and Russia definitely fear their citizens that’s why they crack down so hard on decent
Then why are democracies the exception throughout world history? And how does that square with the awful track record of peasant revolts?
History never repeat but it often rhymes.
Yeah ,all those war crime
Bring an end to American prime time...
(spit it on)
@@fkkawlni you mean Australian war crimes
@@dcbeatsmarvel3627 everybody commits war crimes, but only the losers get punished for it :(
The resources and man power lost in wars could have been used in doing wonders but our primitive egoistic brains don't understand it.
Sometimes wars are necessary, the World is not perfect but Humanity can still improve a little bit I believe.
Dude history is always repeating itself...
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”
- Marcus Aurelius
You mean like when USSR fell and just turned into Russia?
I doubt that USA will collapse because USA is simply too rich for that to happen
@@MTC008 Well the petrodollar is going out the door, you could have a civil war, degeneracy is at an all time high and rising, and all your polititans are corrupt....
thats called analyzing
Love revolution 😊
Multiculturalism and diversity in on nation is what causes collapse in ancient Rome and Egypt.
How you gonna control and unite different people who want different things, act differently, and have different cultures and traditions
He's not talking about the Fall of Rome, rather the Fall of the Roman Republic.
That’s a good point.
Ay Pedro dices puras tonterías
it can happen easily, when leaders give people something to unite on. problem in the us is that they kept wanting it to be whites vs. everyone else instead of Americans vs everyone else.
We're already reflecting the downfall of Rome in a major way, especially the way that entertainment has more and more become a staple of our lives. We love movies and TV shows, we idolize stars, and The Learning Channel has shows like "Honey Boo Boo" on it because it gets better ratings. Not to mention our obsession with sports. In Roman times this was called the "bread and circuses" era. They kept the people placid with entertainment, basically, while they became more and more corrupt and did their evil deeds in broad daylight while the people were too distracted to notice.
One interesting comparison is that in the final days of Rome celebrity chefs were huge stars, we have entire networks dedicated to them.
great point Rome had a lot blood on it hands in same way America dose that they fall china will happen as well to every country's that has stole land and conquer it will fall but question is not if but when
I agree with a lot of what you are saying but a huge difference between the roman empire and the united states is that the USA has a free market system in which people make entertainment for themselves and provide something else in return for each other. The roman entertainment in the roman empire was greatly dependent on both initiative of the people and the government itself. In nowadays USA, most of the events that are organized are from profit organizations who do not have any interests in corrupt politicians.
I totally agree, this has to be the dumbest society in history.
People have said this through the generations as technology improved.
*"The empires that were fighting for are little more than Sandcastles. Only the Tides are Forever"*
-Man in the high Castle
It’s from The Man in the High Castle
@@user1029xspl8dy thanks for the info I forgot about that series
If the election was fair and trustworthy this never would have happened.
@@user1029xspl8dy What an amazing series, I got bored of it though. I just want to know how it ends.
I wonder if that is referencing castles made of sand by Jimi Hendrix,
I think most of us were predicting this 20+ years ago. It's just getting closer and closer.
@Machete lol
Rome didn't fall in a day.
NEWSFLASH: the infiltrator Democrat & RINO leader Illuminati Freemasons are already stealing America. They already have us enslaved with 30 trillion in debt and we are just waiting for them to crash the economy to make the steal and failure of America official.
@@Solmaz_S Read Glubb.
@@bixnood7273 Lol funny you think these problems with America are new; they aren't. Our problems have only been getting worse for decades, the golden age of the US was in the early 1900's. Every decade since there's been a new problem, Rome still lasted for a very long time, if the US empire collapses it will be a mere fraction of that time, only goes to show how much worse it is now.
There are too many people that will not say "I'm wrong."
People don’t realize how much we rely on gentlemens’s agreements and norms in government. When you get people who no longer care about that, they can abuse their power.
We are ruled by pedophiles and elitist scum.
thats why dems lose, they keep trying to play nice with pigs.
This explains a lot about why people in America were born on their date of birth
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Disney corporate media for you here folks... this is literally propa... gan... duh
We live in a society
lmao wtf
I was born exactly when my mother gave birth the second time
"I never said anything"
-Sun Tzu
Everything is nothing and nothing is everything
"I edited my famous quote to keep idiots from referencing it forever"
-Julius Caesar
Damn, thats deep
Either we need to split up to heal, or we need to abandon all parties and have new ideologies that arent created yet. Every single party and ideology is corrupt and tyrannical.
George Washington said the party system was dangerous. I would say he was right.😅
"history teaches but has no students" - Antonio Gramsci
My brother is an engineer but doesn't know history as well as I do. Most students learn almost no history in a school system that puts almost all its focus on math and in STEM education.
@@GenerationX1984 and not a lot of people care for learning about history.
@@GenerationX1984 better STEM than stuff like lesbian dance theory, etc...
Unless your a history, anthropology, and/or archaeology major.
@@nunyabiznes33 Gotta say I dont think that's a thing that people study.
Yes this will happen Most politicians do not represent the people.
Rome fell because they became degenerate and let the migration invasion destroy the empire... so yea totally america right now
Facts if the congress would consider the mass of people right to have a clear audited account of the vote rather disregarding the a continuing which the process the would have been no capital riot... the fault lies with them not the people
@@colorfulbleeding the romans were obsessed with sexuality
@@MegaNiQ like the US
@@MegaNiQ Duh. So was every other single pre-modern state in existence. Infant and child mortality was extremely high so fertility and reproduction were paramount to ensuring the continuation of the state. Victorian morals have nothing to do with reality.
Once the republic falls I'm gonna pull a Julius Caesar and conquer Illinois. Watch me.
Do it that’ll be pretty dope. I’m in California so I guess we’ll become our own country 😂
Im watching
I’ll conquer ny
Watch I'll take over Califor- pfftttt (laughing)
Jk those rich dumb folk can keep that shet
It's better to take over texas or Oklahoma
Montana dibs
B4 rome officially fell it had a migrant crisis. US is checking all the boxes and we may see new ones.
If you haven't seen this coming for over 10 years, you just started paying attention.
Eat dirt!
Do you still live in the USA?
YUP
To be fair 10 years ago I was only 8-9 years old. I'm 18 now and have a lot to learn, that's for sure.
@@lombremic4840 yes. I always have and likely always will.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” -Winston Churchill.
"If you do that again; I'm going to blister your @$$"! My mom!
And when history keeps repeating itself, it is no longer history is it. Most people get fired when and if they cannot do a job or perform their obligations and currently the global governing authority has thrown everyone in the entire world under the bus.
"If you keep doing what you've always done, you will keep getting what you always got."
Politics has become the most pathetic, patronizing, insulting, bullshit charade and they actually have the audacity to think we should trust them and continue being loyal, voting citizens.
History doesnt repeat itself, humans do
History doesn't reapeat, man does
Pretty sure you just googled:"quotes about history repeating" or something
More specifically the fall of the “Roman republic”
👍
The Roman republic never fell... it became an empire.
Empire time- we’ll show them.
@@phoenix5054 just contradicted yourself in the same sentence
@@phoenix5054 in which the empire collapsed...
A country built on greed will fall on greed
💯💯
KARMA
America wasn't built on greed
@@chasehedges6775you prob live in the west
California? Rome? NCR? Ceaser? Game was rigged from the start.
PFFFFFTTTT
Mr. House for Pres!
Vintage music start in the background
I have another settlement that needs our help, I'll mark the location on your map.
Ain’t that a kick in the head?
"If you can't remember your past, it is forgotten." - An aging Troglodyte in a cave a million years ago.
Considered a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, its population has been profoundly shaped by centuries of immigration
@Jokerpilled Saint haha...
Yes!
@@inspirasipedia Not until 1965. Before that, it was only referencing the 90%+ white USA that existed beforehand
@@cascadianapplications7124 still it was different cultures like germans Irish Italian English Russian etc.
Not true
''Let's use unconstitutional means to protect the constitution''
"let's make more money to help out"
It is constitutional.
What part was unconstitutional? Which amendment specifically?
What's "unconstitutional" is shutting people out of the Capitol in defiance of their first amendment right to protest, then attacking them, then murdering them.
@@wudenulyke2no Enjoy your dictatorship then
Some historian from the future: "For 300 years, the empire of America since its inception had never been successfully invaded even once. It only collapsed in on itself from the inside. Only then in its weakened form could its great lands become vulnerable to invasion from all sides."
It's not that I support the January 6th event, but my God I'm sick of the double standard where everyone bemoans it but ignores the entire year leading up to it and all the destruction and dissimulation. Neither "side" learned any lessons.
Yeap
Jan.6 was an establishment psy-op.
Totally agree
I think lack of emphasis on stability and lack of social trust also impacts this too.
Who the hell are you?
@@ethanawesome187 he is Paul Swan.
@@ethanawesome187 he is Paul Swan
@@ethanawesome187 that’s the legend Paul Swan dude.
Americans hate one another these days. We aren't united so that's that.
I hate when experts validate my preexisting paranoia.
For real.. i been thinking that we are heading to bad times (worse) for a while now...
Its coming..
For real, I know it was not going well but woooo boy. It's bad.
Thanks for that😂🤣😭
“Experts” lol you mean Podcasters
What experts? You watched vice “news”
Man, with this streak of luck, you would think America was built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground.
edit: did some reading, it apparently is
So?
It was
Chris hedges - “America, the farewell tour”
I’m so glad that he said American dictatorship because that’s just as possible as anywhere else. I have had people said it’s impossible for America to fall under a dictatorship. Or a coup de detaté is impossible and will never happen. The ignorance makes my blood boil.
The people that say that would most likely support the right.
@@thanksmaybe4103 I unfortunately think you’re right. Probably, people don’t realize how much they’re attracted to totalitarianism from both ends of politics. There’s no freedom in either extreme.
You have a sort of dictatorship. You get charged with hate crimes if you don't have the correct view. Society punishes you for even joking. You have to get vaxxed and although that isn't mandatory you can't go to the university of illinois and maybe others if you aren't vaxxed. You can't go to the pub in England if you aren't vaxxed, do certain jobs cause your employer wants you vaxxed. You get treated like a terrorist or an insidlrectionist for being inside the Capitol and having a free tourism guide. For example, baked Alaska wasn't violent and we know it because he was live streaming everything and he was jailed in terrible conditions for a week and is threatened with a big sentence. It's called the authoritarian left. It may not be the exact definition of a dictatorship but it is very bad and what freedom do you really have? Disobey and get punished or disobey and be hated or conform and hope for the best.
@@thanksmaybe4103 Hur dur left smart, right dumb.
@@rbb7555 he's right.
"could"? more like,"IS"
the collapse of Rome wasn't overnight, it was a process (and the same goes to the British, Ottoman, Spanish, and all other empires), and the US is already on the early stages of that process, but it is a process that will take decades and perhaps even over a century
still, looking forward to the final gasp of US imperialism, finally may the global south be free
"gLoBaL sOuTh wIlL bE fReE" sure buddy I think you have lost brain cells when you didn't realize another empire will rise.
Moment US is gone from South America and Central America is the moment the Europeans and chinese come running
@@ramanpreciado2241 He just wants to be in that Empire. It's human nature. Those on the bottom want to be on top. Those at the top, want to stay there. So they divide the bottom and middle by causing them to fight each other.
Nothing new here.
Would you rather have the world ruled by the Russians or the Chinese?
@@andrejcortez177 Russia, no. China, hell yes.
Now that the tapes are out, this video turns out to be totally fake.
Lafayette has a square in my city where he helped load revolutionaries with ammo food and clothing, guy was a absolute UNIT of a legend
You should watch Hamilton if you haven't already 😊
We are on a severe decline as the wealth gap increases, people work harder for mediocre wages and there's little room for economic movement among the younger generation. People are angry, scared and tired, also a good portion of the population is armed and have ways of organizing. This is the start of a revolution of sorts.
I think the fact that we are trying to fight hedge funds is a good start
@@CA-ly7my we can boycott them. we can force them to kneel down on twitter. we can demonize them.
Yup, and Covid has substantially accelerated the decline of the US.
Said every butt boii since the internet was made available to the public.
Revolution time.
As an American this is very sad to watch but true. Also, our two major political parties are causing so much harm. Right now we could have super speed trains and better infrastructure
@S Cor Good luck
@S Cor The democrats also want to knowingly increase inflation with the inflation reduction act, they they admit themselves, with the intention of inflation going down in future years, which literally never happens. But sure, bury your head in the sand.
If you've been worried your entire life, then be worried, don't change. If you've been poor, sad, tired, etc. This isn't the first time the universe has created you, and in the threshold of your variations, it's best to accept what you are and where you stand.
I legitimately just finished binging the history of rome podcast and I couldn't help but keep track on how many different ways America parallels Rome
America is great = Rome is great
America is powerful = Rome is powerful
America is cool = Rome is cool
America will last forever = Rome didn’t
@@llamazing4326
Damn Bro, you got the whole Squad laughing.
@@anothergermanmapper7754 your probably European or something
@@llamazing4326
Yes, look at the name.
And?
@@anothergermanmapper7754 America is one of the most diverse, powerful, and safe nations on earth. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This is exactly the way it’s going here. I just hope we split the country into a few smaller countries amicably before the war, extreme unrest and civil collapse pops off.
As far as I remember, Rome fell because of the incompetence of their rulers, many of them killed the generals they needed to fight the hordes of barbarians who were waiting to assault rome, the greed of the roman rulers led to its decadency, and it all exploded when they put a very young emperor in charge who was not prepared to defend Rome, Rome auto-destroyed itself at the point it could not defend itself and that was the reason they got conquered by the germanic tribes.
Haha you couldn't save your army from a bomb attack🤣
You are exactly right. Anyone who actually did their history homework knows this to be true.
Much more backstory there, diminishing returns, rampant bureaucratic corruption.
and usa has the same problem only they have a old geriatric instead of a young boy look at afganastan
Rome also governed an area larger than the US and didn't have modern armies, satellites, drones, and spaceships like the US and they lasted until the 1400's. The US has also only had 1 civil war in its 250 year history whereas there were constant armed conflicts in the Roman Republic/ Empire. Not only is the the USA the most stable country to exist, it's the most powerful to have existed. There is no comparison between the two other than the Capitol being modeled after the Roman Forum
One of the major contributors to Romes decline was inflation. Rome was, at the beginning, a Republic. It transitioned to an Empire under Ceasar.
The founders mistrusted Democracys, because of the strong tendencies to decline into Mob rule. As a check to balance the Democracy, they created the US as a Republic.
A Republic requires that its citizens be well informed, engaged in their governments, and behave in a manner that indicates that are Sovereign, and responsible to manage themselves for the greater good.
America has and continues to decline, and is Sloughing Toward Gomorrah.
Back to Rome and Inflation. Rome itself, did very little to support itself. As their armies went about the world, conquering, taxes were brought into Rome and this is what supported Rome the city.
Over time, Romes money was devalued, and went from gold, silver, copper to tin.
Forgive me if I have the sequence wrong.
America too, is in decline as a world power. We no longer export much, we r no longer manufacture much, and our money has been devalued since Nixon I believe, took us off either the gold or silver standard. Our money has very little real value, as it 'floats' in value day to day. Impacted by daily events.
Coronavirus pushed inflation to the edge, Now if russia does go to war with ukraine, then i think thats a major blow to us and we will be on rapid decline from there where the stupid rich get too greedy and collapse themselves
@@brandonmora4611 on top of that countries like iran and oil rich countries are starting to sell their oil everywhere it will be just matter of time usa will unless they really change their ways.
Aye lmao, Nixxon amd Biden definitely fucked your country up.
That’s why it is important to protect citizens voting rights.
Not under Caesar but after the death of Julius Caesar. The Empire began when Octavian, also known as Augustus Caesar came into power and became the First Roman Emperor.
How America *is* falling like Rome"
Fixed the title for ya!
Calm down the turmoil you're seeing now is the same as with 1960s with civil rights race riots dems vs reps blocking each other marching protests in Washington assassination heck its even worse with the draft in vietnam and loud conservatives but did it collapsed like Rome? No they even went to the moon in 1969
His whole point is it isn't. His belief is it's becoming more autocratic. That led to the height of Romes power. When Rome stopped conquering and tried to consolidate the west went bankrupt and collapsed due to repeated invasions and unrest.
@@inigobantok1579 The US is in a crisis. Cultural Revolution wasn't really a crisis.
@@Zelp789 what cultural revolution that was in China and killed 20 Million people from 1966 to Maos death in 1976 again look at the 1960s especially from 1965 to 1968 probably the most turbulent time in American history
@@inigobantok1579 I meant consciousness revolution.
America: falls
Me in football gear: ave true ceaser
I'm absolutely ready
Ave true to caesar
AVE TRVE TO CAESAR
God Bless America, God Bless the Enclave.
"fall like rome" Roman empire in 4th century to end never called themselves imperator (commander) and princep (first citizen) but called "dominus" means lord and master or lord/master
Been saying this for the past 20 years, as soon as the Homeland Security bill was passed expanding the powers of executive authority.
lol this did not age well 😂
I think this title should be “ How America Will Fall Like Role Rome”.
America is robust. We have a unique ability to come back from tough times, and this is nothing compared to what we’ve made it through before.
More like how America already fell like rome 😂
@@lincolnclay116 I do want it to happen
America is slowly crippling thru the drug war. The foundation is horrible killing natives off for land & deporting mexicans. All native, mexican are indigenous to these lands with more birthrights than foreigners.
@@pikajuan7108 no one has birthrights
This is very true and sadly its not US exclusive.
Everytime a politician ignores bad behavior because its his own party or because it will benefit his party we get a step closer to this scenario coming true.
Yeah, the left excusing the burning of American cities has gotten just a little out of hand there
@@88_TROUBLE_88 if you see the world in terms of right and left, then your also contributing to this political devide and escalation.
@@MFx88 *you're
@@88_TROUBLE_88 thank you
@@MFx88 your welcome
Like ALL other empires throughout history, the American empire will also fall without a doubt.
We aren’t an empire
When the U.S falls the whole world falls
@@tyler7937 I strongly disagree
@@tyler7937 The US is a very new country. Pretty sure the world will be okay without it.
@@tyler7937 when the US will fall all the world will enjoy the view
3 years later, and this guy is absolutely incorrect. We just hit 35 trillion in national debt, and there is no intention of paying it back
" Every democracy has an expiry date. " - Aman Panesar
As if any other form of society doesn’t?
Every expiry date has a president. +Gronkowski gonad
The republic fell long before Rome....
Rome never was a democracy
America has been practicing democracy, let’s hope that the America and the western world learns a lesson from this experience and we begin to become a Democracy.
Greetings! I am a time traveller from the year 2069. I currently live in the Kingdom of California and I must say, the points presented in this video were on point. Hail the bear king!
here before this comment blows up in 2069
Are you from shady sands in New California republic?
How are things going in the Duchy of Florida?
@@equxxe just 8 years before the great war of 2077 in fallout timeline. Now I really wanna replay Fallout 3 for some reason.
@@equxxe Nice
Fall of rome was not one night event, it was a period of 100s of years of degradation.
Exactly
So far it's been decades since america began it's decline thanks to the bourgeoisie.
Except we will most likely run out of resources to fuel our war hungry armies in less than a 100 years. We go through much more resources than we every have in history and when they run out we will have to resort to other methods
@@musicrevelation2023 I never said USA will fall in 100s of years. I just said people should not expect it to fall in one night.
I expect to see "fall" of US in my lifetime, probably at some point in next 50 years.
@@Tribalpotato I understand forgive me on that part, I do agree with America falling in the next 50 years unless we can stop constantly wasting money and constantly go backwards. What I mean is, if one president does something the next stops it and then start anything project and it seems like nothijg gets done but wasting money and starting wars lol
"There is no greater disaster than greed."
- Lao Tzu (600 BCE)
I also see the possibility of the US having a similar future to how feudal Japan was. A President will be elected that will grow increasingly more dictatorial, and out of fear states will begin seceding, which will kick off the 2nd Civil War. With the Civil War ending in the nation being re-united and Draconically re-ordered into an autocratic feudal military state, ruled by a modern shogunate.
but do we get to have katanas and samurai costumes?
@@pepeshadilay3834 no, just the warmongering and genocide
@@recordkeepingandinformatio8206 one can only hope
@@pepeshadilay3834 Nope. Instead the police will be more militarized and police chiefs, sheriffs, and deputies will become the equivalent of feudal lords.
@@AyubuKK literally won’t happen. You’re talking about the agency’s whose main objective is to protect the state rather than the people.
I saw this coming in 2016 and I was just 19 back then. I don't understand how so many people were and still are blindsided by this.
I think the expression everybody is looking for is "drunk with power". Too many people are drunk with power.
Power tripping.
@Dawson donnelly No, like Trump.
Reminds me of a quote from Queen Elizabeth II---"All poopoo times are peepee times, but not all peepee times are poopoo times."
i love to poo in mart because i cant poo in loo -amerifart
Damn tough luck, it's never fun to experience the full decline like the Fall of Rome. Send thoughts and prayers.
But with Wi-Fi
Rome fell because they became degenerate and let the migration invasion destroy the empire... so yea totally america right now
Don’t believe the hype
@@colorfulbleeding what does that even meaaaaan? Degenerate? What do you mean and how does that destroy an empire? So fucking vague but I've seen like 5 people commenting the same thing. Degeneracy could mean like infrastructure decline, or if you're a radical christian fundamentalist it could mean being gay. wdym
@@piratepat44 The empire was based on war and conquest with a strong government based on war traditions. The degeneracy of the empire came when it became complacent, let it s border in decrepitude while the new leaders adopted a new religion (christianity) that was not capable of conquest and preached the abolition of the old ways. On the contrary, The roman way of life was very open about gay sex, cuckoldry and cult of the body. The degeneration of it s culture is what destroyed the empire. With a new religion based on peace and seeking to destroy the old culture the citizens lost any interest into helping the empire and the army became weak. Migrations were always a big weight on the empire but strong leaders and enforced cult of the Caesar was an unifying factor that permitted Rome to resists invasions. With a civilization changing it s principles and a weak government the empire degenerated into destruction. I do not praise the idea of an authoritarian government but everything prove that when you destroy long lasted cultural aspect and introduce foreign cultures each time a strong empire or country goes down and die. We can see that with the US today compared to China. The US is eating itself internally, yesterday Protestantism culture is getting destroyed by the influx of Catholicism from Hispanic migrations and multi culturalism. I do not condemn those cultures I just point out that such change will result in the destruction of the American empire and the degeneracy of its founding culture.
Rather than the fall, this looks more like the start of the transitory period between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
You’re right but did you even watch the video that’s what he was talking about
Except the difference is the Roman Empire lasted a very long time and was able to maintaing its standards back home. America today is facing a wholly different situation where the situation at home is so rotten and bad that people have just given up.
@@zixx844 "Except the difference" No. There is no difference, lol. The social conditions of the american populace almost directly mirror those of the republic before transitioning into the empire.
Before the empire was formed, there was a bunch of poor losers in Rome complaining about how everyone is giving up just like you are now lol; Caesar took advantage of this & seized power almost exclusively through populism and class warfare.
@@KevinJohnson-cv2no Do you really think America is gonna thrive after it becomes a dictatorship?
Every. Single. Fascist dictatorship has been a failure. Every single one. Cause they are fundamentally against reality and see reality as an existential threat to the regime.
Your little authoritarian America would look more like fascist Italy then Rome.
@@zixx844 Except no one mentioned anything about Fascism lmao, but I'm sure your little leftist mind couldn't help bringing up buzzwords.
Also, how is an autocracy "fundamentally against reality"? If anything that's democracy, a system which assumes we live in a fantasy world where every civilian is as intelligent and educated as one-another, thus enabling equal voting.
But we don't live in this world, most people are of subpar intellect and are barely able to wrap their minds around a basic education, much less political theory; the masses have proven themselves again & again to be impressionable, drunken morons voting purely off of instinct with no comprehension of governance. Yet you think it's wise to give the reigns of the most powerful nation on Earth to them.
Democracy is the dictatorship of the weak, and as long as you have a political system built around appealing to the lowest common denominators of society, you'll always remain stagnant; because the fact is that we are not equal, and the losers at the bottom of society are incapable of making thought-out decisions.
One key difference to consider is that in Rome leading politicians had their own army that was loyal to them and not the state, this meant ambitious politicians (like Sulla + Caesar) had real military power they could use to fight the Senate and impose their agenda. That's not really possible in the US right now (although we could see private corporate armies in the future?).
i'd argue trump has a similar power, but to a lesser degree. he got a mob of people to storm the capital and there are thousands of armed trump voters who will literally go to war if he tells them to
Yes but you have multiple paramilitary groups led by ex military members that have been militarized. All you need is the right person to stirr the hatred pot enough and we already came very close to that.
Private corporate armies I can totally see happening 😂. Scary
They want to let illegal immigrants join the military and become police , what could ever go wrong with that😂😂😂
PMC's are a thing.
Your an wrong It’s the establishment. Period
Rome fell to hyper-inflation, which the US is on track to repeat
as far as I know rome fell to barbarian invasion and plague pandemia that killed third of population
@@Caesar88888 you're both right
@@the-letter_s the next will come soon, reason?
Using China made Vaccine (don't worry, Fake Vaccine won't hurt you , it's only just as useful as nothing)
@@G.A.C_Preserve yeah?
Na, the market will absorb it.
I've been saying this since HS and back then it wasn't even necessarily as a diss, more just an "all great empires must come to an end" kinda vibe. However, the older I get (27 now) the worse things have gotten, and while I used to think that I wouldn't see the full on fall in my lifetime, nowadays i'd be surprised if it didn't happen before my 40s.
History is slow, it's not gonna happen in the next 20 years, unless old joe isn't able to stabilize just enough the situation to go on
@ゴロゴロ Nah China is going to overtake you blokes in 20 years at the absolute most. I agree with you that its deluded to think America could fall like rome. There wont be barbarians at the gate and the actual break up of the country. Although i dont think a form of civil war is entirely off the cards. But youre evidently not going to be the number one geopolitical force for much longer.
@No Name well thats the most deluded cause for the relative rise of China ive heard today.
@ゴロゴロ I really respect that. I do. May I ask, where are you from? I'm from the US, but I'm Native American. Hunkapapa Lakota-Sioux. My standpoint, on many things that include the US government, is that you can't trust them. A couple centuries ago, they almost wiped us out and they're still trying to, albeit, not as blatantly obvious. But we've survived, like many thousands of others who've survived the American Empire. Like I told the OP, I really do value what other people outside of the US think about. Because they've witnessed how American troops and politicians have invaded and conquered and destroyed so much in the name of democracy and freedom.
When I was in high school (graduated 1981) I doubted I would ever see America collapse. Now I think our collapse is on the horizon. Liberals and leftists are collapsing out great country.
0:56 Kingdom of California? More like a New California Republic
The Republic Of California
i see california getting annexed for some reason
*the courier enters the chat*
Patrolling the Mojave...
And The Brotherhood of Steel, oh and if you see people heading to offshore oil rigs then you know...
War...War never changes...
I am a fairly middle of the isle guy when it come politics but this guy really lets his political leanings shape is historical view and modern comparison of Rome.
I remember in college, UTSA, I would hear my peers saying that the fall of the of Rome was due to all the illegals and that the USs would be the same fate.
Irony is that I watched some of those kids as adults see their yards cut, cars fixed, homes built and remolded by the same people they disparaged in their younger years.
Your cliche point is completely out of context and child like 😂
Unless you think that the vast majority of illegals are sweet pool cleaning angels who just love america and want to integrate.
Any country that takes in gigantic numbers of people who are directly opposed to the “idea” of that country, will have problems thats just logic
@@alexalexalex797SMH, have you been to a construction site? Been around contracted workers? Cooks, waitstaff, any janitorial personnel in your building? Or are you from a rural area with no buildings over 3 stories? You didn't touch any of my points in comment and meandered into some delusional nonsequater rant. Especially since it's not the intent of the illegals that i was pointing out but of business owners that make profit off the labor and socialist like you that employee or hire these illegals for little jobs, mechanical work or landscaping or whatever because hiring Americans is too costly.
If governor wabbit here in Texas was serious, like Don Huffines (who I canvas for) , he would make all businesses use E-Verify not just those with 25 or more employees. To include Form 1099 Self Employed. And heavily fine those that employ, and not just that "knowingly" (there is a legal distinction) employ illegal workers or sub contract illegals. And set up a bounty for pointing out companies that hire illegals. But these companies hire then and donate to the State RNC to NOT solve this issue because they can use it to rile up the base, such as a base person such as yourself and allows them to hire and then generate profit from there low wages.
But socialist like you with no answers, solutions or directions just want to break America for the hell of it.
Next time bring answers and not communist straw man arguments that all RINOs make, oh wait do you even know what a straw man arguments is?
Ooh just bless your heart because it's in the right direction, just stop being a RINO get some solutions or answers or GTFO
Oh, did you just learn the word "cliche"? You do know that it kinda shows your french commie roots.
Just saying.
all this immigration is contributing to our social divisions
@@blancavelasquez9859 its the work available that is the magnet and problem.
what gov. wabbitt here in TX could do is make all companies, not just the Federally mandated that have at least 25 employees, run those who have W-2 (employees) or 1099 (contractors), go through E-Verify.
-And enforce current laws against companies hiring non-citizens.
-But that would crash the housing and low wage employers and we would be back raise prices to encourage Americans to take shitty jobs.
But gov. wabbitt keeps the issue at the border because its meat for the base, and a Fed issue, but the interior of Texas is all him.
Back when I was in school around 6 or 7 years ago I was beginning to draw parallels between the fall of Rome (which I had to do for an assignment) and modern America. It's interesting to see how it has spread as a conversation topic
America fell in the 1980's. You're now just seeing her crumble.
Lmao no
@@leaning491 I don't see how anyone can deny it.
@@fabrizio483 how can you say it?
@@iqbalsandu8182 look around. We aren't developing anymore
what happened in the 80s
We need to build a wall around California and NY. They can be their own woke country together.
yes so our money can benefit the best in us and not support poor states that you probably reside in.
Once people get past the negative connotations of the words “Balkanization” or “secession”, they’d probably realize that it’s the most peacefully best case possible outcome of the United States.
@@TejasM14 because multiple states individual secession has the possibility of being a non violent transition.
Continuing to keep 330ish million very very different and very very ununified people, with different values and spread across 3.8 million square miles; all under the same central government is impossible.
Individual secession of states has the *possibility* of being peaceful through incredible effort and luck on everyone’s parts. The other option, lashing everyone to a ship half of them think is sinking (whether that be true or not), guarantees civil strife and violence.
As a little aside, grouping very different people, with very different values, and different cultures together under a central government and forcing them to adopt a new identity (Congonese or Liberian or wherever else) is Africa’s biggest problem post colonization.
Although texas and California haven’t come to insurgency based civil wars yet, I don’t think that they will mesh any better than the Congo if much more goes on.
You need to stop browsing social media or watching the mainstream media. Despite fringe groups having the loudest voices and the media showing nothing but doom and gloom, America is pretty stable and united. You can see it with the men and women who serve in the armed forces or when America comes together during times of sadness. If you walk outside and go anywhere in the country whether it be the biggest city or smallest town, mostly everyone identifies themselves as American. Ideas such as "balkanization" and "secession" ARE negative for a reason. It ALWAYS leads to war(Balkan wars, aftermath of USSR collapse, US civil war, African civil wars) and leaves nasty scars and grudges.
@@mr.spartacus6390 yeah make sense England, Spain, Italy, France all were once under roman empire. In the end they did pretty ok. Ofc there was this period called the medieval age in the middle.
I have to agree with you on this. I could easily see the US balkanising, such a thing has happened on a smaller scale with people moving to different regions for ideological reasons. It's really the only way to prevent a full-on civil war--just let them go.
That's what they get for calling football "soccer"
We didn’t make up the name
LMAO 😆
🤣🤣🤣
My 7th grade history teacher made me write an essay about this exact analogy 😳
@Wiccan Will okay but what if the liberals tried this? just as bad right.
This is the modern Rome burning
@@jjc5475 they did... they’ve been seiging court houses and police buildings all summer lol. They even went into the Capitol to protest Kavanaugh.
Liberal brainwashing
Listen bro y tf do we have the same pfp 😅
Can we talk about the BLM chapters that did exponentially more destruction than the 800 people that broke into the capital
I agree, but we need a unified force and labor unions that are “bi partisan” to end the awful two party system and stop the police state that America is becoming. They just forced one of the richest man to go on a Israel propaganda field trip and yanked their ads. Lol we should all be scared.
"The elite will be exposed and the hypocrites will no longer be in charge".
-- Christodamus
Love your “I’m Just a Bill” (Schoolhouse Rock) reference.
THANK YOU I SAW IT AMD WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS FROM
“And I’m Kanye West”
~ Don Cheadle, The Art of War
It doesn’t even matter anymore. No matter who we vote for, our country will go to hell. I find it depressing that we are so caught up in politics to not even realize that we are dividing ourselves more and more every day. We have serious problems, yet we are too stupid to see it.