Cultural Ignorance In Ancient Rome And America

It is astonishing (not necessarily in a good way) that societies over a thousand years apart can have the same issues in their government and society. First up, let's talk about the "identity" portion of the recording. The similarities of cultural ignorance in the Ancient Rome and America is almost scary; we do not even know about how other countries function or even where they are even when we have the knowledge readily available to us.The Roman's lack of knowledge was a factor in their demise as a nation by simply underestimating a "barbaric" tribe; they, too, thought they were in the center of the world just like America. This reason may not directly lead to the demise of our country, but it sure it breaking/ weakening ties with our countries. Furthermore, something I would like to connect with this (not a part of the recordings) was that another reason why Rome fell, was that is rotted from the inside because of the lack of patriotism
Some could argue that it is a marketing mechanism; however, this can lead to the reduction in power and the diminishing of sectors in the government. It is not even just government sectors that are being bought out, it is even prisons, sewer systems, and parts of the military. In my opinion, this can lead to even more corruption in the government and federal systems. This is because the government no longer has complete control over these parts and the new owners have most of the say. In private prisons, there is a quota of people that need to be in the prison which leads to several infractions given to the prisoners leading them to stay longer than their original sentence. This is just prisons, imagine what is going on in the actual government