4th August 2003, 1:12 PM
There is no empire in history that is anything like the United States. If you read your history, you will notice that the major empires of the world differed incredibly.
For one, America is not really much of an empire. We have few colonies, mostly microscopic pacific islands, and unlike the post-Renaissance empires of Europe, we do not rely on anything from the few colonies we have. If America were to lose her colonies, it would mean almost nothing to us. Many historical empires fell because they controlled too much land, and after awhile were too far overextended to maintain control. That is not a scenario that applies to America. America is not a true land empire, it is an economic empire. The only way that can be damaged is if the world economy were to be severely damaged. To say that's a long shot is an understatement. And the chance of such a thing truly bringing an end to the United States is even longer.
Second, even the most powerful empires of the past had rivals that posed a true threat to their sovereignty. Britain lost almost as much of her empire to the after-effects of World War II as she did in revolution. Rome was obliterated by constant attack from without. America is bordered by friendly nations, which could never hope to pose a military threat, and by two vast oceans. She is defended by weaponry and technology that is still at least a decade ahead of the next best and several decades ahead of most. Almost all of the civilized nations of the world are less advanced than America and at least cordial in relation. Short of a nuclear terrorist attack that consists of thousands of synchronized attacks, there is no way America could fall from the might of others.
That leaves the final factor: Decay from within. That is the only truly feasable way America could ever fall, and I know the liberals are trying their best to accelerate that as they know only dissent can bring down the Great Satan, but I feel that common sense will prevail in the end.
I think it is quite uneducated to assume America will fall because all powerful nations have at some point. America is very unique from all empires before it. I hardly think history ends here, history will never end. I simply believe that America will endure far longer than any nation, and that so far as I can see there is no feasable way America could fall. Of course, anything could happen...
For one, America is not really much of an empire. We have few colonies, mostly microscopic pacific islands, and unlike the post-Renaissance empires of Europe, we do not rely on anything from the few colonies we have. If America were to lose her colonies, it would mean almost nothing to us. Many historical empires fell because they controlled too much land, and after awhile were too far overextended to maintain control. That is not a scenario that applies to America. America is not a true land empire, it is an economic empire. The only way that can be damaged is if the world economy were to be severely damaged. To say that's a long shot is an understatement. And the chance of such a thing truly bringing an end to the United States is even longer.
Second, even the most powerful empires of the past had rivals that posed a true threat to their sovereignty. Britain lost almost as much of her empire to the after-effects of World War II as she did in revolution. Rome was obliterated by constant attack from without. America is bordered by friendly nations, which could never hope to pose a military threat, and by two vast oceans. She is defended by weaponry and technology that is still at least a decade ahead of the next best and several decades ahead of most. Almost all of the civilized nations of the world are less advanced than America and at least cordial in relation. Short of a nuclear terrorist attack that consists of thousands of synchronized attacks, there is no way America could fall from the might of others.
That leaves the final factor: Decay from within. That is the only truly feasable way America could ever fall, and I know the liberals are trying their best to accelerate that as they know only dissent can bring down the Great Satan, but I feel that common sense will prevail in the end.
I think it is quite uneducated to assume America will fall because all powerful nations have at some point. America is very unique from all empires before it. I hardly think history ends here, history will never end. I simply believe that America will endure far longer than any nation, and that so far as I can see there is no feasable way America could fall. Of course, anything could happen...
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