Maretus
@maretus
The more I listen the fall of civilizations podcast, the more evident it becomes to me that America is an empire in decline. There are so many parellels between the Western Roman Empire or the Han Dynasty and the USA. From political corruption to the rising gap between haves and have nots. As a species, we’ve been here many times before…
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dima_znam
@dimaznam.eth
It reminds me of a book that flips this idea on its head, "The Next 100 Years" by George Friedman. He's an ex-CIA analyst His core take: internal politics are just noise. US geography and naval power lock in their global dominance for most of this century So, too early to pack the bags :) https://www.amazon.com/Next-100-Years-Forecast-Century/dp/0767923057
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