Nothing beside remains
In this year’s State of the Union, our fine president described America as “built to last” no fewer than five times. That’s a lovely sentiment, but like almost every word out of Obama’s mouth it was complete and utter bullshit.
It’s normal to think that the world will never change, and that our country was built for the ages. The founders certainly thought so, and it’s been the constant expectation ever since. Up until recently I couldn’t have imagined our country going the way of the USSR or its client states, but that’s pretty much where we’re headed — and for the same reason.
History has shown us again and again that civilizations, empires, dynasties rise and fall with remarkable regularity. They generally last 200-400 years, and then there’s a massive change that shakes up the etch-a-sketch and remakes society. There’s nothing special about the USA that makes us immune to change. And again, with the economic buffoonery we’re seeing these days, our slide into the mud has already started.
The question in my mind is what form will this change take? Some think it will end in revolution. Others think we’ll see massive inflation followed by economic collapse. Cheerier folks expect real armageddon – blowing ourselves up, or dissolving the world into gray goo. Me, I’m not so sure how it’ll happen, but I imagine something big will happen within 50 years. Hopefully I won’t be around to see it.
“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:
“From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance;
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
from dependency back again into bondage.”
Thanks for the invite. and I agree, soon this America that I spent over 20 years of my life fighting for is no longer the America I had. I predict before the election that mob rules will give Obama the oportunity to declare a martial law type take over and he WILL put our troops in the streets. This is going to cause an even bigger problem than can be imagined. OUR Troops, MY Troops will be torn assunder.
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
When George Zimmerman is found not guilty there will no doubt be riots in the streets — worse than the Rodney King riots. If Obama uses that as an opportunity to take over our only hope is that the troops would eventually refuse to comply. What do you think the chances are of that happening, though?
And the common thread with all of these long ago Empires/States is; they learned nothing from their mistakes. They rose and fell entirely unaware of what was happening around them. It’s also interesting to note that most of these great Empires were brought down by Barbarians. See any similarities here in America? Islam is one that comes to mind.
Are we doomed to do the same thing? I hope not, but I see so many parallels with ancient Greece and Rome here in the USA. And Omama is a blaring example of one our HUGE mistakes. I hope we’ve learned but …
Exactly! The hubris of the tyrant is always “This time it’ll be different”.
Your comment about the barbarians is a good one, but reflects only part of the problem. Barbarian attacks wouldn’t necessarily take down a country at its height, but after a country has declined economically and morally then they certainly could. Exactly like our national decline now.