Why America Will Fall
Owen Skinner
Rogers GT 7
11/14/14
The Fall: Why Obama is no Augustus Conquest. Control. Rule. That is what defines an empire. How the empire expands to other states, how much surface are they command, and how they govern that land. Societies that fell into this category: Rome, the Inca, the Mongol, the British (when it was an empire), America, etc. Why do I say the U.S, because like an empire, the U.S. exacts political control and influence past it’s own original boundaries, The U.S. meddles in foreign affairs and problems, and like an empire the U.S. has military posts throughout the world and conquests on foreign soil for profit. A great characteristic that has been apparent through every empire’s rule is the fall. I believe that because of division of the people, and economic collapse will be the end of the American Empire. It seems that our day and age is not the only era filled with massive incomprehensible debts. As you may know Rome was a conquest machine and had conquest ad plundering as the only major import and income for the entire empire. Obviously in a war one needs to pay salaries, pay rations, and buy equipment and materials for the men before any forts are ransacked. And if the only way of acquiring any money to pay for all this will come after you have already done it, then you need to take out a loan. So Roe started with this and after their success the people expected more from their thriving government and home. The people paid no taxes, received free food, and were granted the right to watch the gladiatorial games and such for free as well. Much like the Romans, America spends a mind blowing amount of money not only on the military, but looked at from a simple and frank perspective, relatively useless research. The government also provides services that the government simply cannot maintain to provide and the people still demand. The entire system is still poorly run and only seems to add zeros to the debt of the country. This hampers the
Rogers GT 7
11/14/14
The Fall: Why Obama is no Augustus Conquest. Control. Rule. That is what defines an empire. How the empire expands to other states, how much surface are they command, and how they govern that land. Societies that fell into this category: Rome, the Inca, the Mongol, the British (when it was an empire), America, etc. Why do I say the U.S, because like an empire, the U.S. exacts political control and influence past it’s own original boundaries, The U.S. meddles in foreign affairs and problems, and like an empire the U.S. has military posts throughout the world and conquests on foreign soil for profit. A great characteristic that has been apparent through every empire’s rule is the fall. I believe that because of division of the people, and economic collapse will be the end of the American Empire. It seems that our day and age is not the only era filled with massive incomprehensible debts. As you may know Rome was a conquest machine and had conquest ad plundering as the only major import and income for the entire empire. Obviously in a war one needs to pay salaries, pay rations, and buy equipment and materials for the men before any forts are ransacked. And if the only way of acquiring any money to pay for all this will come after you have already done it, then you need to take out a loan. So Roe started with this and after their success the people expected more from their thriving government and home. The people paid no taxes, received free food, and were granted the right to watch the gladiatorial games and such for free as well. Much like the Romans, America spends a mind blowing amount of money not only on the military, but looked at from a simple and frank perspective, relatively useless research. The government also provides services that the government simply cannot maintain to provide and the people still demand. The entire system is still poorly run and only seems to add zeros to the debt of the country. This hampers the