Parallels:
>Constant stream of barbarian migration
>Collapsing plebeian class
>Election campaigns cost more and more
>Foreign powers and wealthy donors largely influence the decisions of politicians
>Increasingly vulnerable to tyrants
>A state of continuous war
>>127571211
Rome collapsed due to increased migration and faliure to assimilate them, internal strife that was resulting in civil wars and ropping tax revenues that resulted in debasing of the currency (more copper in coins) which in turn drove inflation up and caused rising food prices.
USA still has some 30-50 years of stagnation before they collapse. Things need to go much worse for them than they are now. They still have it good.
>>127571211
No. It is collapsing the world, part europe, d&c as since 1945
>>127571211
Yes
>>127571211
There's lots of parallels, but I'm pretty sure it's not the first or the last empire that collapsed that way. What they didn't have is the technology we have.
>>127571972
I'm sure Rome made the same conclusion
Yes. Exactly like it.
It is being destroyed by subversive Jews pushing a anti-state Utopian fantasy to cucks, women and the mutlicultural underclass.
>>127572023
Rome didn't have internet, computers, electricity. US may lose it's relevance but it won't explode
>>127571211
There was more than that to the fall of the Roman Empire, historian agree on at least 14 factors that eventually led to the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2012/04/178-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper.html
http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2012/05/179-the-end.html
The Western Roman Empire had ups and downs and went from crisis to crisis for over 400 years before eventually collapsing.
It's fun to make the parallels like Molymeme did but it's still comparing apples and oranges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7rdCYCQ_U
it would be a sad day when the US collapses
More importantly, will we enter a new 'dark age' after the collapse?
>>127571972
I think what we're seeing is enlightenment ideas being finally brought to their own absurd conclusion. Either we destroy ourselves in the name of tolerance and individualism or we get rid of them and move on.
I think you can compare any country that exists today to Rome in lots of ways, because Rome was such an important step in the development of civilization.
>>127571211
yes. but that includes western Europe as well.
>>127572800
Western Europe is just an extension of the US at this point. If they collapse we're fucked too
>>127571211
US is no where near collapsing yet but give it a few more generations.
>>127571211
serves them right for fucking with Carthage
>>127571211
Mostly include all Western Civilization countries. USA is the new Rome and the rest are the colonies.
>>127572316
That's probably what the soviets said about the Union.
>>127571211
we arent there yet,if this is susposed to be like rome,then trump is caesar and we still have time left
>>127571211
Same goes for Europe, it's only a matter of time..
>>127572604
Probably, it's happened before. If US goes down it will likely drag UK and Europe down with it. We're in a globalised economy.
See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRcu-ysocX4
It was the Sea Peoples. kek
>>127572360
There is huge number of leftists including academics that will celebrate it, just before their short celebration is stopped by Tyrone's machete
>>127571211
New England will form a new superpower
The south will form dixieland and kill all non-whited
Not just USA. Entire west.
Losing a long term rival usually leads to a small golden age and then eventual collapse.
Rome lost carthage, expanded well immediately after and prospered. Then stagnated and eventually collapsed (although parthia probably extended that)
Britain lost france, expanded and prospered for a century and then the empire collapsed
The US lost the soviets, did well for 30+ years and now we may start to see a stagnation. China's growth in power may be what the US needs in the short term to stay unified
>>127571211
Except we can take every last one of you faggots down with us. The US going down is not in ypur interests
>ctrl+F "christianity" 0 results
You armchair historians dont understand shit.
If the US collapses, China collapses and that means the biggest migration/war in the history of the huma race.
>>127571211
No, it's all the fault of women. Apparently women started getting more and more power as Rome declined.
Funny, through. You had to wonder why the Romans had to rely on barbarian mercenaries instead of recruiting citizens. I'm sure they're feeling disenfranchized like what the men of today are feeling.
We were the chosen ones.
>>127575965
Britain lost its empire because of World War 2.
It would have gone the same way eventually but would have lasted longer at least.
>>127575965
>Rome lost Carthage
Rome still had the Persian Empire/Sassanid Empire, which it ironically fought for centuries, which drained it of ressources and manpower.
>>127576127
If you think Christianity was the cause of Roman Empire collapse you are a dumb nigger, Roman Empire was a dying one when Christianity arive.
>>127575965
>Rome lost Carthage then collapsed
500 years later you fucking retard
>>127575317
>Implying they're not nihilists that would secretly welcome death
Even Ayn Rand recognized this.
>>127571211
Economically, yes. The USA and much of the western world is copying Rome economically in many ways. The biggest difference that may save us though is that we have the internet. Most people don't realize what a game-changer the internet is for mankind. It'll likely break us out of the cyclical nature of history.
>>127571211
Yes. And it will be replaced by the United States.
The Bretton Woods system has gotten the rest of the world's countries used to not having their own navies to guard their shipping lanes. So there is currently only one navy in the world that is worth anything.
united states of byzantine when ?
>>127573446
>it's only a matter of time..
what you're seeing right now in Europe is actually the product of a carefully engineered plan that has been going on ever since the aftermath of WW2. The conception of the plan can, however, be dated back to the early 1900's.
Things cannot be reverted on a macro level for Europe. Some states will survive longer than the others, but the fact of the matter is that the process is irreversible and it will completely change the shape of our continent slowly, but steady. Forced immigration over a decaying demographic-meltdown exhibited by Europe = suicide.
And at the end of the day, always remember - everything is for the money.
>webm slightly related
>>127576607
I said it stagnated after a couple of centuries you dopey cunt. By the time of caligula it had pretty much stopped expanding and begun to stagnate.
200 (a couple of centuries) after the third punic war
>>127576893
i dont think so. the internet is another layer of infrastructure dependent on more basic layers like electricity and international manufacturing.
You take out those layers the internet is also useless
All great powers are destroyed from within. You can't buy off the barbarians and take the country in debt while defunding your armies.