Understanding history is important not just to aid critical analysis of the present but also as a personal enrichment exercise. That said, it is huge - it's literally the entirety of human existence up until now. It is impossible to not selectively teach/learn it and somebody must do the selecting. I adore the study of history and wish more people felt the same, but realistically I don't think our problems are down to the selective teaching of history in modern public education. Modern syllabuses, particularly in the UK, make a good, though imperfect, attempt to cover most important material.
Biases cause the selectivity. One cannot be unbiased in the retelling of history, but you can however determine the biases and whom they benefit the most.
@@antonioramos8804it’s hard to learn these days because it’s hard to find the truth 😂😂 look at the middle class and poor voting for Trump. Idc what you say. Something is wrong if they voted for Trump
In the end, empires fall because they forget the golden rule: it’s not just about building a great empire; it’s about keeping it together without turning it into a soap opera!
@@bastetowl3258 I kinda suspect this poster is a bot or something that says profound sounding things that actually have no content and makes you roll your eyes really hard 😂
You are exactly correct. That is the worst part and people should try to organize around mutual aid support in every community that they live because we KNOW that the hardest hit will be the lower classes, the working class and the other vulnerable populations, not the extreme rich. We need to build together a better society that can replace capitalism. Local production cooperatives to meet local needs, collaborate best practice ideas across the world, in a secure and safe manner. Use a platform that allows for decentralized local control but national and international collaboration, like The Zeitgeist Movement, One Small Town initiative or Mutual Aid Network.
@@coolioso808 That's called Socialism my friend, that's why the ultra rich demonize it every day and why they refused to trade with socialist nations, because they're afraid that the people will realize just how sustainable and beneficial it is. As Socialism believes that the power should be with the people, for the benefit of people, it becomes easier for public businesses to exist, which increases the amount of competition in the economy, which means lower prices as those businesses price to compete with corporations, forcing corporations to lower their prices. Less competition means maximized price gouging.
All those people pouring across our borders look pretty dark to me. You got to warn them to stay out of this racist hellhole. Maybe you should join them in the paradise they came from
I don't want to live in an Empire. Not a successful one, not a crumbling one. I want to live in a regular country, where people just live and interact. Without a lot of terribly wealthy people to drive prices up and cause traffic jams. If I can get that I will ignore your annoying habits and you will ignore mine, see you in the grocery store and the laundry.
"I want to live in a regular country" - other countries don't want to be just a regular country, they want supremacy and to dominate over others and will conquer and slaughter by the millions to achieve that, and they might do that to you. And what if there are no powerful countries to defend you because almost every country became a regular country? "Without a lot of terribly wealthy people to drive prices up and cause traffic jams" - Actually prices aren't only affected by rich people. It's more to do with supply and demand which can be affected by natural disasters, recession, and a country wanting supremacy and conquering everything. Also, by taking away the ability to generate wealth, aren't you taking away their right to happiness? As for the traffic jams, poor people own cars too, middle class own cars too. So, I don't think rich people alone are responsible for traffic jams. "I will ignore your annoying habits and you will ignore mine" - some people simply won't ignore you.
You’re tricking yourself and letting it happen if you think rich people are the cause of traffic jams. Everything in your head is and will be some one else’s fault. It wouldn’t matter if you got your utopia
Why do you think you have food? I know some farmer loved you so much he worked hard all day so you could eat. He did it because of greed . Greed is great it’s why you can eat amongst other things. Stupid ignorant lazy & stupid is no way to go through life red doesn’t doper baby
@@charlescasaburi5333 Desire is not greed. Greed is an excess and corruption of desire. Stupid ignorant & lazy seems to be your way of going through life.
Both the Left and Right media was just shocked, shocked that so many people were not crying tears over the dead CEO. They were complaining how terrible people had become. At the same moment this same media supported the genocide in Gaza and the Israel's killing in Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and going to Iran next. they found that totally justified. Nor o they care when people kill each other in the inner cities.
I am loving the hypocrisy in this comment section. You try to change a system designed to make critical thinkers and patriots / terrorists and crazy people ! 😂
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why the fall of US along with the fall of white population?
Nobody should be shocked by this. A civilisation never lasts forever. American decline was always going to happen, we just happen to be the ones that are watching the beginning of the fall.
We passed the point where a civilization can be destroyed by building nuclear weapons. Any nation capable of ending ALL of humanity won't exactly fade. Look at Russia for example, their economy and standard of living is awful, but they will ALWAYS be a scary world power. Because they can end it all for everyone with the push of a button. America can too.
I think it’s not just America. It’s also Europe and in generel the entire industrialized world. The reason: Those countries (so countries like China, USA, Russia, Japan, UK, Germany, France and even India) have all declining birthrates. In just a few years the retirement system in those places will not work anymore or generally speaking - those societies will not be able anymore to finance themselves since there are to many old - and to few young ppl. This drags down a lot of countries - a lot of states - as we know them. What happens if a society is reaching peak-population no one really knows. Anyways there are some grounds to believe that a very strange pheanomenon called „the behavioral sink“ is about to be happing (or is already in action).
I honestly think Luigi Mangione united people across parties more than the plight of the Gazan people. Hamas being the Palestinian leader has def made it hard for some people to sympathize with Palestinians, without knowing much of the history with the IDF. Luigi, however, is uniting people across EVERYTHING except class. You don't need to be educated on the healthcare system to know its fucked, whereas I'd argue most Americans, even with extensive reading, will never fully grasp the depth of a conflict happening so far away and for SO much longer than any of us have been alive.
The "plight" of the Gazan people is that they are lead by Hamas and Hizbollah. If they would accept co-existence as has Egypt they could have a peaceful and prosperous place to live. Egypt, you will note is not sending its young men to die. It is not burning precious resources on endless wars. Egypt is doing just fine. Time to give up on the never-ending fight. Time marches on; things change. You can't stop history.
i very much agree that luigi mangione is a rallying bastion for all of the (non bootlicking) middle class, but the insinuated depth of the conflict should not be the same. israeli people, no matter how much you hate them, were 'given' the land by the british; they had no more reason to believe that their given ancestral land was false than you assume a birthday gift was stolen. no matter how much israel hated the palestinians, they never openly attacked until they were attacked first. in recent times, israel-hamas conflicts have only been about israel being provoked by hamas, whether through kidnappings or rocket strikes. israel, like every other country, has a responsibility to protect her citizens; if you were taken by north korea, for example, would you not feel safer knowing that the full military force of your homeland was out to protect you? would this not deter possible deaths of innocent citizens? i agree that dragging innocents into this struggle is horrible on both sides, but i cannot support a terrorist group. i have donated to aid foundations sending food to palestinians, but some people online seem to think that just because hamas is getting beaten down that it was somehow undeserved when they had kidnapped equally-innocent israeli citizens from their homes
@@kansashoneybadger7899Funny thing, we can blame Israel for Hamas and its awful doings. They supported it to undermine the secular Palestinian Liberation Organization, to divide Palestine and advance themselves in the West Bank. So, being attacked was kind of the country's own fault.
@yuzuflavoredmochi lmfao "its okay to do a genocide if they started it" isn't really the mic drop gotcha moment you think it is. We are talking about Palestians, not Hamas. Fun fact - the last time Palestinians had an election was in 2006. Fun fact 2 - The british just sort of decided that Israel was going to be a thing despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of arabs already lived there. Hundred of thousands of Palestinians died or were forced from their homes after Israel declared statehood. Since then, Palestinians have had their land and property taken, their movement controlled, their families separated. Israel has built settlements in East Jeruselum and the West Bank that are illegal under international law. The UN has declared it an apartheid state. Tell me, friend, what would you do if you were forced out of you home because some country you'd never even been to said so, then when you reluctantly obeyed the same people who forced you out were now expanding into the little scraps of land they let you have, were controlling your movement with checkpoints, instituted a judicial system that discriminated against you because the country that took your home wasn't following the rules they set, makes it illegal for you to even enter their country (which again, used to be yours so some of your friends and family probably still live there), refuses to allow you citizenship, puts your entire community under military rule when those illegally occupying they scraps of land you were given are under their own judicial law, and treats you like you're sub human. Now imagine a group comes out and says "Hey, this sucks. We need this to stop and we're going to do something about it." What do you do, Yuzu Flavored Mochi? Do you continue to have your rights trampled on and live like literal animals, or do you at least let this group try to help you? Because thats what happened in 2006, which again was the last time they had an election, after half a century of military rule, constant warfare and invasion, and having everything taken away from them. There is a difference between Hamas and Palestinians, just like there's a difference between the Israeli government and Jewish people, just like there's a difference between US citizens and the president. Do you have this same energy for Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, or any of the other warzones the US has started under the guide of spreading democracy? Or is institutional violence and genocide only OK when you agree with the cause? No one is asking you to support a terrorist group, but that doesn't mean you support a genocide. Those aren't the only two options, Yuzu Flavored Mochi.
I'm literally in a situation where I have to choose between going broke just to make sure I'm not dying from my autoimmune disorders, or keep barely living hoping I don't get any crazy news once I actually CAN afford to get checked. It's so messed up. I live in fear every day that I'll be too late to save myself. It's a reality I face because none of my family can afford it.
Autoimmune disorders are tricky to handle. If you are an American citizen, I hope you are getting Social Security, food stamps, and Medicare. No one should starve here due to an illness.
if you're a GOOD person, with liberal and progressive views and with a willingness to collaborate with a diverse community rather than champion divisiveness... I'd welcome you to Canada. Otherwise, I'm afraid you voted against your own best interests.
@@stephenjenkins7971It has everything to do with empire collapse. What's going to counter the newest wave of tax cuts? What's going the feed the new wars? Austerity. Not for the Owners, of course. Just us poor shits.
I was born in 1941. My dad was spared going to war. We lived the American dream. My dad was in a union and paid well. We had new houses which my dad built. We lived in a mixed middle class neighborhood,ie union workers, lawyers, butcher, carpenters, insurance brokers, etc. we all owned our own home. Life was beautiful for white Americans at least. In 1968 everything changed with the Vietnam war and Nixon and then Ronald Reagan. The American dream was finally over with the rise of the oligarchs and tax cuts for the wealthy. By the early 2000s I knew Eisenhower was right about the rise of the military industrial complex draining our tax coffers and buying politicians. So sad to see so few people destroying our economy bc of greed and lack of empathy for the working poor and the homeless.
_"By the early 2000s I knew Eisenhower was right about the rise of the military industrial complex draining our tax coffers and buying politicians."_ To keep 'Murica as the world's police in places like Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine and Yugoslavia etc. Not to forget home soil in Cuba, Grenada and Chile etc.
@victorsamsung2921 America has been a pretty gentle ruler for the most part. ..... compared how history has shown other empires and civilizations to behave when welding tremendous power. Am I saying it's perfect? Absolutely not, but you have to be intellectually honest, AND look at the big picture.
@@eliasziad7864me when i’m in denial and don’t want class consciousness to happen. u will never be part of that superpower, u will always be the one used to maintain it, so why defend it?
There is a saying in ancient India "You might want to win everything, but you will only win some things. When greed and arrogance make you want it all, you end up losing everything you've already achieved. This leads to self-destruction." History has shown that great empires have fallen because of greed, arrogance, and selfishness. I believe this is the same for empires, religion, and everything. It's time for people to learn from the past."
This is also true for Indian modi government, he wanted to grab all its neighboring countries but ended up losing all, last one was Bangladesh. Lesson of history is that no one learns anything from history.
It’s always intriguing to explore the dynamics of history and the rise and fall of empires. The discussion around why empires, including the United States, might face challenges can be both thought-provoking and sobering. It’s essential to consider the lessons from the past while also recognizing the resilience and adaptability that nations can exhibit.
But did you know in JUNE 2023, PM Modi and PM Netanyahu made a deal to *REPLACE ALL GAZA WORKERS WITH INDIAN VISANS!?* That's what 7OCT Intifado was about! REPLACEMENT BY STARVATION! _All the workers in S ls'real - N Gaza Cleanup-to-Condos are IN'DIANS!_ [Hindustan Times] *DoGE - Department of Greedy Entrepreneurs will OFFSHORE 3,000,000 FedGov administrative services jobs TO lN'DIA!* Offshoring is already $200,000,000,000 a year scam!!
Yeah main idea is to destabilise the country and cripple the economy so they can get resources ,sell guns and military stuff. Winning a war doesnt really make money.
@@donavan835 The US has been at war for decades. On Side A we have the ruling class, the extremely wealthy, the big corporations, the military industrial complex and the christian extremists. Side A also has financial backing from anyone outside the US who is willing to throw them a few dollars (strings attached). On Side B we have everyone else, which is mostly the middle and lower classes. For various reasons, mostly the decline in education standards, many on Side B think Donald Trump is their man. Trump has always been on Side A, and always will be. Is the decline of public education standards, the increase in gun violence, the fentanyl crisis and other factors that are weakening Side B, while enriching Side A via the pharma, health and arms industries, a coincidence? Or engineered? The war will only end with revolution.
@@Usulutan1978the last season has many episodes (or years) give it’s 2-2.5 decades when the last remaining people of real fighting age is left who actually give a fuck about the republic look around the young kids don’t care, they don’t even know what gender they are if you ask half of them. So once the last generation of people who will fight tooth and nail for this country and the ones who went to war last time who has any true combat experience are all gone the nation will be easy to fall shortly after.
"The American Way of Life is simply not sustainable. Because it doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America. But fortunately, power has a shelf life. When the time comes, maybe this mighty empire will, like others before it, overreach itself and implode from within. A world run by a handful of greedy bankers and C.E.O.’s whom nobody elected can’t possibly last." Arundhati Roy, 2002
@@Arginne by everything you mean ..? , I really wonder do you truly believe that your country is the good guy ( like what your movies make you believe ) of this world ?
It’s not because it doesn’t acknowledge the world beyond it but because it doesn’t acknowledge the world within it that are slaving for the top 1 percent to be the only ones who experience this “dream”
@@Arginne I'm pretty sure everybody is painfully aware of that fact. However your definition of "everything" is the thing in contention. There would be absolute economic havoc all over the western world, but nations who are far enough away from the imperial core wouldn't take as big a hit, even though it would still be substantial. Unless there's a nuclear war as a result of America falling of course. I don't know why you assumed OP was making it out that they didn't realise this. Dunno why you had to add "or are you special?" Pretty needlessly combative. Seems like you took his posting of the quote to be some sort of attack on your personal identity. I assume you are an American?
True, that is unless the US saves itself by not allowing oligarchs rise to significant power again, such as when Theodore Roosevelt busted the trusts and monopolies during the Progressive Era. Another thing is, the US is MUCH less oligarchic than that of Sparta and the Roman Republic even still. In the Republic, even voting power itself was determined by your wealth, but it’s equalized in America, which helps it become more stable
@@antiepix9555 yeah but even electoral politics without economic political power included in that, just creates more oligarchies. We consistently only go half way with revolutions and then wonder why they failed when preventing failure wasn’t the point
@@antiepix9555too late. China has left behind the US on all fronts. They have lost respect and trust from the rest of the world. The US use to hide its hideous chokehold it had on weaker countries. The sanctions, regime changes on governments they don’t like have made the rest of the world detest the US. China is the biggest trading partner of 96% of the world now. China is also severing ties gradually.
Many people do not realize how poor the US healthcare system is, leading to millions of deaths because they cannot afford the necessary care. Additionally, a large portion of the world is indifferent to learning about or speaking American English. This is why many Americans are shocked to see how well other countries manage their healthcare systems.
You said "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims such that people die because of lack of life saving medical treatment? How long have you been ignorant?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804You wrote "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims such that people die because of lack of life saving medical treatment?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804You wrote "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims for life saving medical treatment?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804 You wrote, "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for a health insurance company when they deny legitimate claims for life saving medical treatment?
@@wazzup233 Well, on this planet, the US is unmatched in hypocrisy. Don't you think? Revolting barbarity may be a different matter, but what difference does it make? We are guilty of that too.
"Our time has come. For 300 years, we prepared. We grew stronger. While you rested in your cradle of power, believing your people were safe... and protected. You were trusted to lead the Republic-but you were deceived, as our powers of the dark side have blinded you. You assumed no force could challenge you... but now...finally... we have returned. [...] You were deceived. And now, your Republic... shall fall." -Darth Malgus-
As far as I've heard, *_some_* people voted for him for pretty much that reason - because they're _so_ fed up with the system that they want to see it burn.
@@Wolf-ln1ml well some people are sort of dumb. I highly doubt America isn't going to be a superpower for the rest of this century. America is going against Russia who can't fight and Russia is only good for selling oil, and we got China who wants to invade taiwan in the next 2 years because it's already aware that their military strength has already reached its maximum height and isn't going to reach new heights unless it somehow solves its demographic crisis.
@@geneinmyrtlebeach6967History always repeats itself. USA is fundementally Rome in modern era with other Western European ideologies. It's was bound to fail with the number of cultures clashing.
I am a child of a family who has been hit hard by everything. My parents can barely afford anything, I feel bad for using up electricity because I don’t want to add to the electricity bill, and we don’t even eat real meals anymore. I just throw some artificial chicken nuggets into the toaster oven and eat that for my meals. And if I’m lucky, maybe some waffles for breakfast. We don’t even do stuff anymore, as in go on vacation, as we can’t afford it. One of my parents has a to work more, especially because the other got laid off their job. And I’m the one left to take care of my younger siblings. What I’m trying to get to here, is that because of the greedy choices the American government has made, children and other adolescents like me will suffer in the hands of the higher powers. Thanks a lot for making me feel bad when I eat a meal, you politicians.
Lowkey yeah this is kind of my current situation, my family can barely afford anything and my mother is always trying to save up for groceries and things because it’s literally unlivable at this point. She’s always complaining about it too and I get that, my dad barely makes the average salary on his job since he recently quit his job he’s been doing for years that didn’t even pay him good either and would only give him like 300 dollars which literally means nothing at all compared to the bills we have to constantly pay. I’m only like 15 years old and I wanna try to start working in the summer to help them because life at this point has became so unlivable because we barely have any money. Like the income my dad gets is like lower than average and my mother just got out of surgery so she can’t go to work just yet. We were only able to afford the surgery because of the Medicare that came with my dad’s past job. Buying groceries are just all too much, the average groceries on things you need is probably like 100 dollars or more. The bills here where I live keep going up and up and it stresses me out so bad, I don’t even understand why my dad voted for trump…I know all politicians can be bad no matter on what side but I feel like we should really focus on averaging things and making things a bit more livable, maybe focus on the environment too because it’s already destroyed. I just feel sometimes there are people who promise they are gonna make things better but they don’t, regardless of the side. Everyone is angry and protesting for what is happening and honestly I don’t blame them because you can’t even afford living in a apartment or house, I could see why gen z (people of my generation) wouldn’t want to have kids…like if you can’t even take care of yourself and afford something necessary than why have kids, right? Because it comes with responsibilities too and everything. I try to distract myself with like going to school and not worrying about the inflation and everything going around me but it’s like trying to ignore the elephant in the room if you get what I mean, but yeah I’m goin through the same type of situation as you man. You aren’t alone
If your family needs medical care it is available through Medicaid, if your family need food it is available through food stamps and Aid to Dependent Children. If you family needs housing you may qualify for Section 8 Housing support. Nobody has to starve in the U.S. , and nobody has to live on the street. Still I am sorry that you are in this situation. Why did you parents have children they couldn't afford? BTW, households with a family income of under $50,000 pay virtually no federal income tax. So as far as all those federal benefits go, your family would getting them for free. My husband and I pay about 40% of our income to the federal government the state government, Medicare, school district, sewer district, etc. We only get to keep 60% but we don't complain.
@@PoisonelleMisty4311 This is truly the only thing that really concern me. Politicians believe that entitlements cant be cut. There is very little in the federal budget other than entitlements, the military and the interest on the debt. I agree that the debt issue is real and dangerous.
"Greed hypocrisy ignorance and bigotry reigns supreme in America" --- Agreed, which is why Democrats have thrived. Good thing we're addressing those things now by getting the liar Biden out of power, and Kamala isn't going to take his place. Time to let the adults back in the room.
The two are like the embodiment of everything that's wrong with America today, especially Dump. Even the fact that the Democrats have been winning every election and midterm since 2016 _except_ the two where they fielded a female presidential candidate speaks novels.
People often compare USA to empires of old. But to be honest the world is different and much nuanced one. The best example of what America's collapse would look like, is Britain. I think much attention isn't paid to what's happening with the Uk at the moment. Also the collapse could be less drastic, and USA can just stop putting up military bases across the world, and continue thriving economically like Netherlands. Which was once a global empire too, they simply decided to focus internally rather than try to project their might on everyone. Both are examples of how America can end up. Struggling like the UK, Portugal of Spain. Or soaring like Netherlands
the u.s. relies on the dollar being not only the world's reserve currency, but also being the currency needed for oil and for basically all international trade. therfore there's a disproportionatly huge international demand for u.s. government debt. when the dollar loses its importance the u.s. will lose their economic power and the government might either go bankrupt or have zimbabwe like inflation. the netherlands are not an option.
Well, do not forget that the Netherlands are a vassal state of the US-Israel tandem. Also, the Netherlands suffers from some of the same issues as the US. I.e. Declining middle class, declining wealth, elite politics, blaming immigration (like in the UK also), declining quality of the educational system, surging ultra right wing sentiment (an ultra right wing party in the government, worse than in the US, btw), surging cost of living, increasing real estate(and rent) prices, beating downward (blaming the vulnerable) in stead of upward, claiming to defend free speech while using force against it. So, it depends on what you call a soaring state. To some people (politicians mostly) it looks more like floating in a cesspool in stead of soaring in the sky. At least, that is what the politicians make it look like. In a way, a self fulfilling prophecy, because in their ardent endeavor to make things better, they actually make it worse. Keep beating downward and see what happens. Crush the base of your society and see what happens.
The only reason why the Netherlands can thrive economically. Is because the US has those military bases all across the world. The true purpose of those bases isn't to wage world wide war 24/7. The true purpose is to secure and protect international trade routes. Unless India voluntarily takes on that multi billion dollar responsibility. The U.S. is going to have to keep on spending hundreds of billions to guard that trade.
I feel like the impact of external issues is an important part of these stories. The Ottomans being attacked and divied up by the West, the US pulling the USSR into Aghanistan ("the graveyard of empires") after decades of cold war, or Rome being attacked by Germanic tribes. Obviously internal weakness is a key factor, but I felt the explanations given felt a little incomplete
When i was a child the amount of times Hollywood lied to me. And me thinking of the American dream my mom would say the dream isn't there anymore. And she is right.
Why not? If someone legally and ethically makes Billions who should be the arbiter over that person's money. The Government that is corrupt? We just need to Crack down on corrupt methods that many Billionaire use to get rich and screw people over.
Black Americans turned their struggle into their salvation. Even in the 90s they lived in crime ridden neighborhoods, so they made a music industry regarding their way of life and profited off it.
My father is a 90 year old, Marine Veteran, I told him that he’s gonna live long enough to see the demise of the American empire wasn’t too happy about that
you would think they would be wise enough to see that given all their business acumen and people management skills, yet greed or pride clouds their eyes to this fact and they always destroy themselves and the middle class to the benefit of no one, a tragic fact indeed
@@sumomaster5585 well the bourgeoisie do see it though. That's why in the past, they've conceded on a few issues, at least the ones who were smarter did, for self preservation. But they never gave enough away such that it would threaten their power. But today, they want to eliminate the working class entirely through AI. That's why they're heavily pushing AI this and AI that.
@ If no one has a job who’s going to buy their products? Also AI is very overrated, it’s not real intelligence nor even general purpose rather application specific. Though of course companies dream it was like that so they can finally get rid of those pesky employees….which makes me wonder what happens when it can replace CEOs? Pretty sure their jobs aren’t really that hard to automate…but I bet we won’t hear about AI doing that anytime soon
The economical decline of the USSR was a secondary issue. The true decline of the USSR had to with the overbureaucrarization and monolithic nature of the Communist Party. The Managerial elite ruled their own sectors of the economy and exploited it to their benefit, notably the military and security services. It gave rise to the oligarchs and nepotistic leaders like Yeltsin and the thugs running the regimes that occupy the former Soviet Union. By the late 80s, Gorbachev’s idealist attempt to reform the union led to these same forces that benefited from the corruption to unhinge themselves and split the union apart. No ordinary Soviet citizen wanted the USSR to collapse.
The US empire has been incredibly powerful in the scope of its reach and the level of power it wields. That said, it’s been very short lived. It’s also been a meat grinder for a majority of our species. Founded on probably the most complete genocide and conquest of land in modern history, its economy built on the backs of enslaved African people. The Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia have been plundered of resources and exploited for labor. The people have been subject to all manner of subversion, oppression and slaughter both directly by the US and covertly by its gendarme states. The astronomical wealth accumulated by its capitalist class has relied on all this AND the endless, wanton extraction of natural resources to the point of precipitating a complete ecological catastrophe that will destroy civilized human life as we know it. Not only is it not the shining city on a hill its shill historians portray it as, it’s been a cancer on the body of humanity that in all likelihood, will be terminal. We can only pray it won’t lash out like a wounded animal in its death throes. I’m not holding my breath
@@halothere6995 thanks. I’m not sure I’d call it a success in the long run, though. Certainly not for most of us. For the .001% of us that own everything it’s been wildly successful. The rest of us are likely watching the beginning of the end
@@Matt-kt9nm mmm, no. There’s lots of countries/cultures that haven’t done half of these things. Maybe because they chose not to, maybe because they never got the chance. China, for example, hasn’t engaged in much imperialism in its ascent to “superpower” status. It’s got plenty of problems, but that’s not one of them. People in the US like to dismiss criticism by claiming that it’s all just human nature and every country does these things, but the record doesn’t bare that out at all
Greed is like that overzealous party guest who shows up with a giant bag of chips and proceeds to hog the entire bowl, leaving everyone else with crumbs. It’s the insatiable hunger that turns a buffet into a famine, where the only thing overflowing is the ego of the one who thinks they deserve it all.
LMAO. You people have been predicting that for decades now, and you're always wrong. In reality, its just what you hope for in regards to your s i c k politics
@@stephenjenkins7971 The US economy is running on a deficit, that's the first sign of any nation collapsing. Now, ask yourself this, how can the US afford to burn money whilst teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Simple, we get everybody else to pay for our debt. The second the USD is seperated from the Oil industry, something that BRICS is trying very hard to do, the US Economy will plummet into an infinite recession that'll force us to abandon all of our military bases globally and liquidate our military like what the Soviets states had to do post fall.
@@Ethanol_3726 What a braindead claim. Having a deficit never meant that at all; the US had over a 100% debt-to-GDP ratio at the time when it was at its wealthiest; post-W W 2. That by itself doesn't mean anyhing, especially when every other nation has similar issues. China's, for example, has been calculated to be around 200% debt-to-GDP, and nobody is claiming that they are going to "c o l l a p s e" from that. You guys have zero clue about what you're talking about.
A life lesson here in the USA. Being a former renter but now a property owner, my property earns me wealth I have discovered in many interesting ways. I now recognize that rent is basically slavery to own no property but to create wealth for oligarchic landlords.
The properties are built so terribly now and cost so much that some people are being driven into poverty to maintain them. Buying property can still be a risk for some but good thing in your case it sounds like that it not the case.
I disagree. Have been renting for years. What renting gives you is freedom to get up and go. This works well for me. Investing in a rental property is always a bit of a gamble. If it worked out for everyone, everyone would be doing it. I've seen it succeed and fail in equal measure.
Yet, if the government wants your land to build a railroad, you'd have to move, because you own the house, not the land, which is why you still have to pay taxes on your "property" which incidentally if you fail to pay it can also be taken from you.
as far as I know being a politician requires you to have a considerable ammount of wealth to begin with so, respectfully, liberals or democrats, they vote for the exact same thing anyway, no matter their beliefs
@@not_my_circus_not_my_monkeys Yes, politicians of any party are generally much richer than the average population. Not to mention 'lobbying' being a perfectly legal form of bribery, wealthy people can engage with in to influence bills. That being said, there are some pretty clear differences between parties. Just look at the difference between Biden's Cabinet having a net worth of $118M, compared with Trump's Cabinet picks being worth $340B.
Back in 2014 I compared America to the fall of Babylon. People assumed I was a bit crazy saying that will never happen. Now 10 years later people are finally seeing what I meant.
Certainly in next 30 years. America's economic decline will take 15 years to show and after that dollar busts and military bases gets shut all over the world and US faces high inflation. And then boom @@chrisandlizsizemore8172
You're crazy for sure. America can never be invaded or destroyed like Babylon. Even if America becomes poor and broke, it still has the power to end the whole world with the push of a button. That kind of power has never EVER been seen before in human history. You can compare empires that used bows and arrows and swords to each other all you want, but humanity has crossed the nuclear threshold. There is no going back from that. Look at the Soviet Union for an example of what happens when a modern empire "collapses". Russia still threatens everyone with doom, even after its collapse. This is what would happen to America as well.
@ You think the possibility of another great depression along with food insecurity, famine, poverty, possibility of our allies dropping us due to our association with war criminals, and ecological storms increases due to global warming isn’t considered a collapse? I think it’s going to take 2025-2028 for it to happen not 100 years. Florida will be under water. The coasts will experience more intense hurricanes. California will probably split further. The tornadoes will start moving South East as they have been doing. You can say I’m full of shit but observational analysis is not a joke.
It is already falling. As an immigrant who lived in the US from 2004 to 2016. I can confidently say America has fallen. 911 was just the beginning as Americans lost their rights and were treated like second class citizens through TSA and endless unjust wars that were not declared through congress. One can even go back further and say that America fell when the dollar was decoupled from gold. In the 50's a US citizen with a high school diploma could afford a 5 bedroom house, 2 cars and 5 kids out through college without loans. Today even with a PHD you are likely going to struggle with loans and will not easily afford the same lifestyle that people enjoyed 70 years ago. In the Next 5 years life will change suddenly even for the millionaires. As it is , population collapse is inevitable, and the long term investors are avoiding countries that would experience a strong population decline. The world is changing,the future growth will be in regions with resources and a strong population growth.
Season's greetings, everyone! 🎄 The most important thing on everyone's mind right now should be investing in different sources of income that don't rely on the government, especially with the current economic crisis. As we in 2025, I encourage everyone to start investing now to secure a more stable financial future
What's amazing is how much bigger and more complex it's gotten. Now, companies can raise billions by going public, and instead of just funding ships, we're talking about funding everything from tech innovations to renewable energy
But for most people, myself included, the stock market can feel a bit overwhelming. There's so much information out there, and it's hard to know where to start
The market's so big now, with thousands of companies trading, and then there are all the different types of stocks-growth, value, blue-chip, and let's not even get into all the market indexes like the S&P 500 and Bitcoin It's a lot to wrap your head around
the New Deal and the end of Jim Crow which took another 25+ years to achieve and really there is still some work to do. And those people want to get rid of all of it.
What exactly did you see? I find this amusing because those who criticize the most are the ones who live in countries who have similar or worse leadership.
Trump just held up a mirror to the ugliness of the American right wing and ran on it. Fox News, AM radio hosts, and right-wing troll meme culture online paved the way for him. He promises everything yet delivers for corporate America and the super wealthy every time.
@@sammalama that corruption in America is as bad as ours and their politicians are as stupid and greedy as ours. We thought America was the model of good governance but now we see our corrupt inefficient government learned their tricks from the USA
@@sammalama Don't be sensitive if you're a Trupmpie, all the leaders are the same they're all designed to take down the people for the good of the system. Problem with trumpies is they think that he is a savior when he is definitely not. 😂😂😂. The last two presidents who had any morals were JFK good president and Reagan decent president. I would tell you why but my comment would get censored and taken off so do some research.
As an American living in the UK, I totally agree with this video and have felt and lived this empire decline. This is one of my favourite channels. Thank you for the hard work. Free Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan and the Congo. Let the people decide their destiny.
Yes, we meddle in the affairs of others. I always remember this whenever people wonder how aliens would treat us. They would probably treat us in a similar way that Europe treated its colonies.
@@MatthewTurner-fp2kbmaybe if you countries hadn't colonised them, they wouldn't speak your language and they wouldn't be in your countries to begin with
the last stand of moral integrity and ethics has fallen with making a criminal narcissist the leader everybody can see without any doubt. This is definitely the last chapter of the American dominance.
Not the first time probably not the last time. Andrew Jackson for example committed outright murder by cheating in a dual and he still won the presidency. with this context a narcissist with shady money is hardly surprising. disappointing but not surprising.
Im American. I agree that America is in decline. I blame greed, wealthy people constantly creating inflation and using compound interest to cage people in long term debt. Government dysfunction also. Religion also. Divorce and subsequent lack of discipline of our youths. This latter has caused an entire generation of people to emerge as con artists. All of this causes anger, resentment, and a Zomby Limbo we are ALL now trapped in. No way out of it.
Youth lacking discipline is not really true. The world is on fire and they are protesting. XR, BLM, Gaza etc, the really big issues. The thing is, like this movieclip explained, they have no future in the world of capitalism. The youth is not the problem, they are thee victims. You claim con artists emerged, like that happened recently, but these puppet players have been around since the Mayflower arrived in 1609. These people took the land, the power and controlled the rules of the con called the American dream. I mentioned capitalism, the American ideologie. Lets hope capitalism dies and labour gets rewarded again.
Greed is like that overzealous gardener who waters only one flower in the garden, thinking it’ll bloom into a money tree. While the rest of the plants wilt in the shade, our greedy gardener is busy counting petals instead of sharing the sunshine.
@@PoisonelleMisty4311 Greed is the primary value of the successful. That's why only the most ruthless, most brazen and powerful succeed--folks like Chump, 3lon, Bezoz, Zuck, XiXiPi, KJU, KK, LH, etc.
@@elliota.1063only reason we were ever involved in those wasteful wars were oil and the USSR. Pretty terrible reasons for war, so yeah I think we deserve a kick in the teeth for that. Don’t forget Vietnam ! Protectors of global peace, starting foreign wars since 1950!
The US has lost its way since the Israeli lobbyists took control. It has been cannabalised from within while being tricked into believing their foes are Muslim. It's sad that the common person is suffering.
People have been saying this for the last 30 years, but if the USA does fail get ready for China and Russia to rule the world. You will miss the USA then.
Greed is like that one friend who always orders the most expensive dish at dinner but never offers to split the bill. It’s the insatiable hunger that turns a buffet into a battlefield, where everyone else is left nibbling on crumbs while the greedy gobbles up the whole pie-leaving only the empty plate and a few crumbs of guilt behind.
Collapse is unavoidable at this point. Even regular Americans know it's coming. In the last 20 years we have completely given up solving problems that affect American citizens (rampant gun violence, rising homelessness, opioids, crumbling infrastructure, inflation, rising cost of living, unaffordable healthcare, crime is out of control, housing crisis, political turmoil, corruption, open borders) while we fund multiple wars overseas. Trillions on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and billions funding the war in Ukraine and israel's genocide in Gaza(23 billion in 2024 alone). To make things worst a new recession is on the horizon. This is unsustainable. The decay at home is too great to ignore and the country is at a point where we can no longer pull out of this hole. It might not be today or tomorrow but America is clearly collapsing.
I hope we all know that it doesn't matter who is in the 'top job' because this is a systemic problem -- greed. We have allowed many of our economic sectors, to take advantage of the American people. It's disgusting and frightening for the future of our country. My husband and I will be retiring in the next two years n another country. We are absolutely worried that SS! will no longer be funded. we'll have to rely on his pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific Investment account with Stephanie Janis Stiefel my FA. Our national debt is bloating and expanding every month. Our government needs to get spending under control and cut the federal budget.
I know this lady you just mentioned. Stephanie Janis Stiefel is a portfolio manager and investment advisor. She gained recognition as an employee of neuberger berman; a renowned investor she is. Stephanie Janis Stiefel has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing portfolios and providing guidance to clients.
I’m planning on moving to Thailand in the next 5 years if trump’s government doesn’t do anything with the high prices of groceries and taxes What about you??
@@Jay-n262 as i have to say to many people, there is a bug in youtube that make some tweet shown as disappeared after so many replies in a short time so it also appear as disappeared while being visible to others (sometimes, it can be hidden and shown serveral days later autonomatically) this has been happening for a year now and youtube team hasnt solved it
it’s sad that we feel so desperate yet we have so many people gaslighting us telling us it’s not that bad and we should be lucky to live here. if my parents didn’t bring me to america my life would’ve been way easier
but THEIR life would've been harder. (I'm using pakistan as an example, but in the 90s, it was like afghanistan today. not from war, but from hardly any infrastructure and dirt roads) now, if you look at islamabad, it looks like the city from gta 5.
@@Darkest_matterwhen it comes to pakistan, Islamabad most definently is beautiful and is the jewel of the country but the rest is riddled with problems with high inflation and corruption even today
If you magically earned $1 million every single day (seven days a week!), you’d need 1,232.88 years to hit $450 billion. You need to start before the Viking Age, before the Tang Dynasty! Now imagine one person having access to that amount of money!
@@mc-lb9dk Exactly. I heard he received government grant after ridiculously huge government grant even though he'd shown little to prove he was worth it. That money was funneled to him. He didn't earn it. Who are his handlers and what is their agenda?
@HamptonGuitars Russia really? What time do you live in? The cold war? Russia is the least of American Empire's problems. If the Zionists weren't stubborn enough in their power hunger just to not mess with Putin and plant a NATO base on Ukraine... But they couldn't resist controlling the most fertile lands on Europe, because the real war is one of resource management, and they know because that's what China has been doing with their net of Credits and infrastructure investments on third world countries. But what could you possibly know privileged illiterate moron?
Empires rise and fall, and history shows us that internal division, economic instability, and neglect of core values often lead to decline. America’s future depends on whether it can unite and adapt to new global challenges.
Also we have the nuclear capacity to destroy the world over 100 times. The empires of the past you speak of didn't have this power. In fact no empire has EVER had that power and at their weakest points they were invaded. These old empires wrote religions of Gods who would have such mighty powers that we today actually possess. It is foolish to compare modern day to ancient antiquity. Simply not the same at all anymore.
@ yes you are correct usually after a terrible war the superpower is replaced for example Britain, France, and Netherlands but due to nuclear weapons I think it be fair to say the us power would be reduced but not completely collapse what kind of government it will look like who knows probably oligarchy or remain a democracy
Greed is like that overzealous gardener who waters only one flower in the garden, leaving the rest to wilt. While it may produce a stunning bloom, it also creates a patch of parched plants, leading to a garden that’s more of a desert than a paradise.
The amount of money and mental effort spent on denying the evils of the past ever existed versus actually making amends has always baffled me...however, at this point, this practice seems to be a feature of the system rather than a random development.
This is preposterous. If manual labor, free or not, turned the USA into a superpower, then why didn’t manual labor do the same in some place like Nepal or Zimbabwe? Those places are nothing BUT manual labor. They are also depressing failures. The reason the West has accumulated so much power and resources is because of European intrepidness and genius.
I wonder how a fall would affect the other 194 countries in the world.. will other countries extend a helping hand or will they watch? Lots of countries don’t have the ability to take back their immigrants. There’s 47 million in the US. Many immigrants are educated & will expect to make a better living than locals.
@kevinrod14 Imagine the Middle East, Africa or Asia taking in refugees? Hilarious....compassion, human rights, UN security and humanitarian missions are all Western concepts.....
Okay, all empires fall... The scariest and the saddest thing is, the empire will definitely fight and will not just sit there waiting for its fall... that's when destruction occurs and many victims fall everywhere.
@@markrobby7136we’re talking about the strongest nuclear power on the planet here 😂 the Roman, ottoman, and the British empires couldn’t have even imagined having the power the U.S. does it can literally wipe countries off of the earth. A few failed regime change attempts in the Middle East is not indicative of its military strength. Americas biggest problem is political division regarding domestic issues
@Dan-el4mz , be reasonable because the enemy(s) will have 2x as that. Once an empire is destined to collapse, nothing you can do about it. It started to decay by itself within, its military power become effete and collapsing. It might still think that it has power, but compared to the NEW POWER(S), it's a walk over. .
That was ushered in back in the 90s. Some argue that it started in the early 70s. Trump has absolutely nothing to do with it, but he won't be able to fix it either because it's unfixable.
@@Ashleybmakingvideos Right. And if he just says I'm doing it anyway and refuses to leave? Worse he wins again anyway in defiance of the constitution? What then?
Unfortunately, it seems that, just like in Germany in the 30s, Americans are willing to throw away freedom for false promises of a better economy. I'm deeply worried for America's democracy.
So, while greed may think it’s the life of the party, it’s really just the uninvited guest who drinks all the champagne and leaves the rest of us with watered-down punch. In the end, it’s not just a matter of wealth; it’s about sharing the joy of the feast instead of hoarding the whole buffet. Because when we all get a slice of the pie, it’s a lot sweeter than when one person tries to eat it all!
I couldn't stop thinking about the children in Africa who could have been fed with the fruits wasted in this video. Yet the use of food made the video spectacularly satisfying to watch,not to mention how they chose the words and narration. I hope the team are those fruits in the end instead of throwing them in the trash cam
@@User-jr7vfI think that was a point being made. That we live in decadence while others are starving all being symbolized by her eating the fruit in the video.
Good video, gross blind spot with regard to chattel slavery, de jure and de facto domestic apartheid, and the prison industrial complex. An analysis of the rise and fall of an empire built under these circumstances must include these historical and present day realities, more than a nod to America “not living up to its own standards.”
@@bradleykimmonshow? Maybe I’m being presumptuous about your point, but my guy, I don’t think someone wearing a dress will cause societal collapse. Like if a society is that weak that it can’t handle a guy wearing a dress, or being “feminine” in some way (you didn’t describe how men are becoming feminine exactly, in what way?) then maybe it deserves to “fall” (in some very vague way, like crumble or fall in what way exactly? Do you just mean a country won’t be as prominent? Or like literally the USA will split into 5 countries like the Roman Empire or something?) I guess.
@@BlueTyphoon2017I would assume the masculinity and femininity he's referring to are the same negative tropes found in the Mouse Utopia experiment/Universe 25 which also arise within decadent human societies whether that be ancient Rome or the modern West and East Asia. Current South Korea is a very good example. It's silly to think that comment was merely about cross-dressing.
So, while a little ambition can be inspiring, too much greed is like a diet of only dessert-sweet at first, but ultimately leaves you feeling empty and a bit queasy. In the end, it’s not just a recipe for inequality; it’s a banquet of bad karma waiting to be served!
@lettuceman9439 No, for what is now Mx, it would be Olmecas. But there are probably older civilizations preserved in the north. For China, start with the Xia dynasty (IIIrd millennial BC). And again, as for what is now called Peru, the oldest civilization known there is Caral. 3rd millenium BCE also. But it's not the only one there older and longer-lasting than the Roman empire. Iran/Persia is Anshan (4th millennium BCE). Rome and their empire are relatively young. It's true.
I don't see the US collapsing anytime in the next 30 years, or even 50. The other 2 rival empires (Russia, China) have far, far more daunting problems than the US (chief among them demographics, and far fewer allies). I DO, however, see the US gradually reducing its global footprint in the next couple of decades as they re-shore manufacturing (bad for China) and lose interest in being the sole naval force ensuring global free trade (again, bad for China, and everyone else). I also see it turning more authoritarian, with increasingly worse public education and more income inequality (all but the top quintile will get dumber and poorer). It will become a crappier place to live, for sure, but it's not going to collapse any time soon.
talk about demographics, your birth rates are plummeting and you are being slowly replaced by other nations. So year your end is near. Denial isn't healthy.
You're one of those delusional people that think US is still powerful lol. This is what happened when you're constant being brainwashed by Western media and doesn't know anything else outside of that. This is also what lead you to believe Russia and China have daunting problems more than US.
@@dekooks1543 you see, there's this really neat little trick that the US does, and has done since its very inception: immigration. Quite amazing, really. Even as birth rates of native-born Americans go down, the population keeps growing, the economy keeps booming stronger than any other on Earth, and there's no shortage of people on this planet who want a piece of that pie, which means we can be choosy about who comes over. If you think that is "being replaced by other nations", then you have zero understanding of how we came to be. There's no such thing genealogically as an "American", our genealogical roots come from Britain, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Ireland, Italy, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Palestine, Lebanon, China, Japan, etc... and yes, quite many from Russia & Ukraine. This has been the model from day 1.
I will say as an American I had to start working 70-80 hours a week about a month ago. My rent is overpriced, I eat McDonald’s everyday because they offer $1 any size fry and that’s better than shopping for groceries. It’s very hard to stay positive when you can clearly see the government making endless moves to fill their pockets off the mental and physical work of the American people with no rewards for the American people.
Eating McDonalds everyday is terrible. Not just for your health, but for your wallet. Thats gas too, mate, unless you walk there. i subsisted for years on Oatmeal and dry goods. For real. you can buy it cheap in bulk and it goes a LONG way. That aside, Im sure you have foodstamps or a community foodbank yes? Use those. more options, more food. Free. Whats your job? what do you do? Rent is definitely sky high right now. Im a homeowner, its tough too. You pay as much to rent a dinky studio as I pay in mortgage for a 3 bedroom house. Trades, man. look into the trades. get you an apprenticeship, find a Union. Welding, Construction. Its tough work, but it has merits. Ive been welding for almost a decade. making the jump to a union pretty soon. Some of my buddies started doing Union work, they rake in 50+ an hour.
@@Cryogenius333I opted out of buying frozen chicken and just buy rotisseries now for $5. At my work they have free food Saturday, I overeat and take multiple left over home.
brother you spend 5$ a meal daily is 1800$ thats 150$ a month or 32.5$ a week for one meal a day. groceries might be expensive but paying 75$ a week for at least 3 meals a day is far better
When greed takes the wheel, it drives us straight into Inequalityville, where the rich get richer and the poor are left wondering if they can afford to buy a single potato for dinner. It’s like a game of Monopoly where one player keeps landing on Boardwalk and Park Place while everyone else is stuck in jail, wondering how they ended up there in the first place.
The United States feels more like an economic zone instead of an actual, unified country. Abraham Lincoln warned us that a house divided amongst itself is one that cannot stand. "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
Others falls first. United States is the only one with dynamic economy, healthy demographics, productive think tanks and dominance in infotech and A I.
Good overall analysis, but keep in mind, Soviet military spending was accelerated in response to Reagan deliberately increasing the US military threats in the 80’s. The USSR tried to spend its way out of the threat, unfortunately taking money away from social programs. But main reason for the dissolution of the USSR was not citizen discontent. Publicly owned companies had been increasingly run by an elite who happily agreed to mass privatization, buying up public assets for pennies on the dollar, becoming millionaires overnight. The rot and subsequent betrayal came not from the people but from the elite bureaucrats. The dissolution was illegal and ordinary citizens had no say. In that respect, the Soviet elites throwing of the vast majority of the workers under the bus is similar to the US today. Also, the USSR consistently support anti colonial struggles around the world - Vietnam, Algeria, Cuba, Korea, Africa, etc. Not what you would expect from a country you describe as an “imperial power”.
Islamists and Islamists don't agree with you, Tankies, that Hamas and Muslims want a feudal Caliphate, not an Athiest totalitarian state. You guys are so much at odds, and it's so funny realizing that the Palestinian cause is solely a Religious conflict based on establishing a global Islamic Caliphate. You are so close to getting it. This conflict has nothing to do with democracy and human rights but everything to do with waging Global Jihad for an Islamic State. ed war wit The Soviets war with the Mujahadeen for a reason.
Nonsense. Citizen discontent is a huge problem for USSR. Citizen queuing just for a loaf of bread. Soviet military spending is out of control. When USSR dissolved, not a single Soviet despair for it.
@@jhthebrickman you didn't see the video of Soviet citizens queuing for food in the start of 90s? When u can't even have the basic of filling your stomach, who will be content? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Soviet citizen were discontent.
I like the overall message of the video, however, I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of USSR history (its militarisation was in response to constant US threats, its downfall was illegally caused and backed by US officials, its approval rating was high throughout its existence, its economy was projected to overtake the US by the early 2000s) and I'd like to see sources listed for how you got your facts (generally would be nice for all topics you mentioned). If you'd like sources for the info above I can give some book recommendations.
Its due fall was caused by the fact it wasn’t sustainable. Russia oppressed the other countries l, reason why they all HATE Russia with a passion. Which is understandable.
Like a kid trying to grab the last cookie from the top shelf, empires often stretch themselves too thin. They expand their borders faster than they can say, "Oops, that was a bad idea!"
When I was a child, the notion that the USSR would one day not exist never entered the minds of people. 30 years later, the USSR is barely mentioned in discussion...
The USSR does exist. It changed its name back before the Russian revolution. Putin is literally just 4 years and 11 months behind Stalin from being the longest Soviet union/Russian leader.
When i was a kid in the 90s i percieve France, Germany and Western Europe as those super rich nations with citizens with really high living standars and really good education. I percieve theme ashey super advanced. I never tough i will see the decline of those countries in my life time, and im relativelly young.
Trying to unify a diverse empire is like herding cats. When different cultures start to feel more like frenemies than family, it’s only a matter of time before someone swipes left.
@exosproudmamabear558 oligarchy= gang When it comes to monarchy I don't know what kind of monarchy we're talking about but ONE real patriot L E A D E R is the absolute best choice. In democracy ever imbecile every illiterate has the right to speak through his her vote !!! This is ridiculous !!!!
There are many democracies that are better than the USA on metrics such as free and fair elections, checks and balances on the power of elected officials, independent public institutions to enact legislation (making the laws is the job of elected officials), an independent judiciary, separation of church and state, health care standards and education standards. E.g. the Scandinavian countries, most of western Europe, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. None of them are perfect, but I'd rather live in any of them than the USA.
@MotoWot nowdays all of them are exactly the same. After the fake pandemic the next scale of tyrrany is the inflation along with the illegal migration. Then next they will push hard the fake climate change which it will bring heavy "green taxation" to the sheep voters. The rich to become richer and the poor poorer. They want the middle class to perish.
As a first viewer of your channel, I must say, I love and admire your storytelling style and your simple and easy to understand format. The video was entertaining, educative and very visually appealing. Continue shining!
I strongly recommend that you read Black Shirts and Reds, by Michael Parenti and The End of the Beginning, by Carlos Martinez. They'll give you a less Western propaganda view of the Soviet Union and the reasons for its fall.
Every time I tell people about America, I reference the Roman Empire. People think I'm insane, but I see so many similarities. If you talk to many Americans, they think they are the greatest in all the world. We must never think we are inherently superior to anyone else. When people become too arrogant bad things happen. America is still holding onto the fear that the rest of the world has because of WW2 and dropping bombs. At some point that will all go away and America will just be a hugely in debt country that cannot hold on anymore. Reminds me of Enron. I wish people would humble themselves, work hard and not be so greedy. There is only so much that 1 single person or one family needs. It should alarm you that actors and athletes make so much to entertain us. Too much money in certain areas when it can be spread around more to help more people.
By all metrics, the US should not exist as it currently does. The American economy is in the red, running on a deficit that is bordering on bankruptcy. Why hasn't that occurred yet? Because of the monopoly that the US has on the petrodollar, the US is shifting it's debt onto other nations and that's why the country can infinitely print money and ignore the blatant decay surrounding it. With federations like BRICS, this does not look good for the US and considering that most nations have seen how the US loves sanctions and weaponizing global banking against its enemies, why would rulers feel inclined to sink even further into a possible relationship that could turn out very abusive for them?
@@16KidGuitar Educate yourself. First answer this: What has Trumpf ever done for the hard working Americans which did not profit the rich more? And this: Why did the GQP sabotage most plans of the current administration to make life for hard working Americans easier? And what about that: Why does a billionaire need to hike overpriced Bibles that are produced for less than $10 (maybe $5) in China and not in the US?
This is why history is so important to be taught and not selectively omitted by ANYONE!
Understanding history is important not just to aid critical analysis of the present but also as a personal enrichment exercise. That said, it is huge - it's literally the entirety of human existence up until now. It is impossible to not selectively teach/learn it and somebody must do the selecting.
I adore the study of history and wish more people felt the same, but realistically I don't think our problems are down to the selective teaching of history in modern public education. Modern syllabuses, particularly in the UK, make a good, though imperfect, attempt to cover most important material.
Some people are not interested in learning anything. The more ignorant people are, the easier to con- trol.
Biases cause the selectivity. One cannot be unbiased in the retelling of history, but you can however determine the biases and whom they benefit the most.
the problem is history is written by the winners
@@antonioramos8804it’s hard to learn these days because it’s hard to find the truth 😂😂 look at the middle class and poor voting for Trump. Idc what you say. Something is wrong if they voted for Trump
In the end, empires fall because they forget the golden rule: it’s not just about building a great empire; it’s about keeping it together without turning it into a soap opera!
what does this statement even mean? "turning it into a soap opera"?
Or a dumpster-fire out of control like another trump administration...
Yeahhh that’s not the golden rule at all lol
@@bastetowl3258 I kinda suspect this poster is a bot or something that says profound sounding things that actually have no content and makes you roll your eyes really hard 😂
Greed too
Saddest part is that the most vulnerable will bear the brunt of the collapse
100% Fact.
The most vulnerable will also be the heartbeat that destroys the empire, just as the Capitalists in the Mayan kingdoms found out.
You are exactly correct. That is the worst part and people should try to organize around mutual aid support in every community that they live because we KNOW that the hardest hit will be the lower classes, the working class and the other vulnerable populations, not the extreme rich.
We need to build together a better society that can replace capitalism.
Local production cooperatives to meet local needs, collaborate best practice ideas across the world, in a secure and safe manner. Use a platform that allows for decentralized local control but national and international collaboration, like The Zeitgeist Movement, One Small Town initiative or Mutual Aid Network.
@@coolioso808 That's called Socialism my friend, that's why the ultra rich demonize it every day and why they refused to trade with socialist nations, because they're afraid that the people will realize just how sustainable and beneficial it is.
As Socialism believes that the power should be with the people, for the benefit of people, it becomes easier for public businesses to exist, which increases the amount of competition in the economy, which means lower prices as those businesses price to compete with corporations, forcing corporations to lower their prices. Less competition means maximized price gouging.
All those people pouring across our borders look pretty dark to me. You got to warn them to stay out of this racist hellhole. Maybe you should join them in the paradise they came from
I don't want to live in an Empire. Not a successful one, not a crumbling one. I want to live in a regular country, where people just live and interact. Without a lot of terribly wealthy people to drive prices up and cause traffic jams. If I can get that I will ignore your annoying habits and you will ignore mine, see you in the grocery store and the laundry.
It’s the basic requirement- be kind to each other.
"I want to live in a regular country" - other countries don't want to be just a regular country, they want supremacy and to dominate over others and will conquer and slaughter by the millions to achieve that, and they might do that to you. And what if there are no powerful countries to defend you because almost every country became a regular country?
"Without a lot of terribly wealthy people to drive prices up and cause traffic jams" - Actually prices aren't only affected by rich people. It's more to do with supply and demand which can be affected by natural disasters, recession, and a country wanting supremacy and conquering everything. Also, by taking away the ability to generate wealth, aren't you taking away their right to happiness?
As for the traffic jams, poor people own cars too, middle class own cars too. So, I don't think rich people alone are responsible for traffic jams.
"I will ignore your annoying habits and you will ignore mine" - some people simply won't ignore you.
God damn, nicely put ma dude o7 and op also forgets that there are a lot of ppl who want to live în an empire.
You’re tricking yourself and letting it happen if you think rich people are the cause of traffic jams. Everything in your head is and will be some one else’s fault. It wouldn’t matter if you got your utopia
Your country had no other choice.
"There is no greater disaster than greed."
- Lao Tzu
Modern edit: "There is no greater disaster than monetary-market capitalism."
Yes that's why ban immigrants and support local native Americans
And no circumcised
Why do you think you have food? I know some farmer loved you so much he worked hard all day so you could eat. He did it because of greed . Greed is great it’s why you can eat amongst other things. Stupid ignorant lazy & stupid is no way to go through life red doesn’t doper baby
@@charlescasaburi5333 Desire is not greed. Greed is an excess and corruption of desire. Stupid ignorant & lazy seems to be your way of going through life.
@@charlescasaburi5333 there's a difference between greed and wanting to make a living .
The way they paraded Luigi around like the ultimate terrorist tells you all you need to know about the elite ruling this country
Think that’s bad ? You should see what they are doing in China .
Both the Left and Right media was just shocked, shocked that so many people were not crying tears over the dead CEO. They were complaining how terrible people had become. At the same moment this same media supported the genocide in Gaza and the Israel's killing in Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and going to Iran next. they found that totally justified. Nor o they care when people kill each other in the inner cities.
Cohen, Feinstein, Weinstein, Maxwell, Epstein, Cohn, Mayorkas, Dershowitz, etc.
@@AverageJoe483 Does not change the fact that what America is doing is bad. Your attempts at comparisons will only make America look worse.
Caesar did the same to Vercengeterix
If corruption was your making, it will be your undoing
Corruption is the main and most long lasting element in the US
At this point it's a tradition.
@ fair point
Corruption began after it was infiltrated. Lobbyists.
Corruption, in one way or another, has been part of the making of every nation in the world, so I don’t know what you talking about
selfishness (AKA satanism) is "The American Way."
As a Nicaraguayan, we knew USA was not a beacon of freedom since the 90s.
After what they did to you, duh.
Since Zionists took control of US Government and banks
the 1790s?
Not since 1776 when they had slaves......?
They had slaves there to? Yall weren’t safe anywhere
You want to be great? Get rid of billionaire influence within your government.
Oh, is that all? Thanks, man, empire restored.
@ Not the empire but maybe your country.
Good idea...can't believe we never thought of that!!
I am loving the hypocrisy in this comment section. You try to change a system designed to make critical thinkers and patriots / terrorists and crazy people ! 😂
why the fall of US along with the fall of white population?
It’s called, the American Dream, because, you got to be, Asleep to believe it. - George Carlin
Geo Ogre Carlin ( Scottish word for “ witch “ ) > wizards • witches • warlocks own and control all in this reich
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@@Z3nHolEminD warlocks ....
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@ we’ze b33n @ W4r & meme’s are sTr8 headShots
@@Z3nHolEminD get help!
Nobody should be shocked by this. A civilisation never lasts forever. American decline was always going to happen, we just happen to be the ones that are watching the beginning of the fall.
We passed the point where a civilization can be destroyed by building nuclear weapons. Any nation capable of ending ALL of humanity won't exactly fade. Look at Russia for example, their economy and standard of living is awful, but they will ALWAYS be a scary world power. Because they can end it all for everyone with the push of a button. America can too.
Just like we are watching the Islamic one fall.
@@2livenoob comment makes no sense
American led rule of the entire world has only begun. Our destiny is to harvest the power of the stars.
I think it’s not just America. It’s also Europe and in generel the entire industrialized world.
The reason: Those countries (so countries like China, USA, Russia, Japan, UK, Germany, France and even India) have all declining birthrates.
In just a few years the retirement system in those places will not work anymore or generally speaking - those societies will not be able anymore to finance themselves since there are to many old - and to few young ppl.
This drags down a lot of countries - a lot of states - as we know them.
What happens if a society is reaching peak-population no one really knows. Anyways there are some grounds to believe that a very strange pheanomenon called „the behavioral sink“ is about to be happing (or is already in action).
I honestly think Luigi Mangione united people across parties more than the plight of the Gazan people. Hamas being the Palestinian leader has def made it hard for some people to sympathize with Palestinians, without knowing much of the history with the IDF.
Luigi, however, is uniting people across EVERYTHING except class. You don't need to be educated on the healthcare system to know its fucked, whereas I'd argue most Americans, even with extensive reading, will never fully grasp the depth of a conflict happening so far away and for SO much longer than any of us have been alive.
The "plight" of the Gazan people is that they are lead by Hamas and Hizbollah. If they would accept co-existence as has Egypt they could have a peaceful and prosperous place to live. Egypt, you will note is not sending its young men to die. It is not burning precious resources on endless wars. Egypt is doing just fine.
Time to give up on the never-ending fight. Time marches on; things change. You can't stop history.
i very much agree that luigi mangione is a rallying bastion for all of the (non bootlicking) middle class, but the insinuated depth of the conflict should not be the same. israeli people, no matter how much you hate them, were 'given' the land by the british; they had no more reason to believe that their given ancestral land was false than you assume a birthday gift was stolen. no matter how much israel hated the palestinians, they never openly attacked until they were attacked first.
in recent times, israel-hamas conflicts have only been about israel being provoked by hamas, whether through kidnappings or rocket strikes. israel, like every other country, has a responsibility to protect her citizens; if you were taken by north korea, for example, would you not feel safer knowing that the full military force of your homeland was out to protect you? would this not deter possible deaths of innocent citizens?
i agree that dragging innocents into this struggle is horrible on both sides, but i cannot support a terrorist group. i have donated to aid foundations sending food to palestinians, but some people online seem to think that just because hamas is getting beaten down that it was somehow undeserved when they had kidnapped equally-innocent israeli citizens from their homes
@@kansashoneybadger7899Funny thing, we can blame Israel for Hamas and its awful doings. They supported it to undermine the secular Palestinian Liberation Organization, to divide Palestine and advance themselves in the West Bank. So, being attacked was kind of the country's own fault.
@yuzuflavoredmochi lmfao "its okay to do a genocide if they started it" isn't really the mic drop gotcha moment you think it is. We are talking about Palestians, not Hamas. Fun fact - the last time Palestinians had an election was in 2006. Fun fact 2 - The british just sort of decided that Israel was going to be a thing despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of arabs already lived there. Hundred of thousands of Palestinians died or were forced from their homes after Israel declared statehood. Since then, Palestinians have had their land and property taken, their movement controlled, their families separated. Israel has built settlements in East Jeruselum and the West Bank that are illegal under international law. The UN has declared it an apartheid state.
Tell me, friend, what would you do if you were forced out of you home because some country you'd never even been to said so, then when you reluctantly obeyed the same people who forced you out were now expanding into the little scraps of land they let you have, were controlling your movement with checkpoints, instituted a judicial system that discriminated against you because the country that took your home wasn't following the rules they set, makes it illegal for you to even enter their country (which again, used to be yours so some of your friends and family probably still live there), refuses to allow you citizenship, puts your entire community under military rule when those illegally occupying they scraps of land you were given are under their own judicial law, and treats you like you're sub human. Now imagine a group comes out and says "Hey, this sucks. We need this to stop and we're going to do something about it."
What do you do, Yuzu Flavored Mochi? Do you continue to have your rights trampled on and live like literal animals, or do you at least let this group try to help you? Because thats what happened in 2006, which again was the last time they had an election, after half a century of military rule, constant warfare and invasion, and having everything taken away from them.
There is a difference between Hamas and Palestinians, just like there's a difference between the Israeli government and Jewish people, just like there's a difference between US citizens and the president. Do you have this same energy for Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, or any of the other warzones the US has started under the guide of spreading democracy? Or is institutional violence and genocide only OK when you agree with the cause?
No one is asking you to support a terrorist group, but that doesn't mean you support a genocide. Those aren't the only two options, Yuzu Flavored Mochi.
"America can never be conquered by a foreign army. It can only by conquered from within " - Abraham Lincoln
False quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln is distortion of an 1838 speech
Cmon bro. Isreal runs this country. For a long time.
Time traveling to stop John Booth and makes Lincoln live anymore, See how great the quotes. 👍
usa takes in the most immigrants
more than russia, australia, brazil..
education , sports matter , and to hell with the corporate media
russia
I'm literally in a situation where I have to choose between going broke just to make sure I'm not dying from my autoimmune disorders, or keep barely living hoping I don't get any crazy news once I actually CAN afford to get checked. It's so messed up. I live in fear every day that I'll be too late to save myself. It's a reality I face because none of my family can afford it.
Autoimmune disorders are tricky to handle.
If you are an American citizen, I hope you are getting Social Security, food stamps, and Medicare. No one should starve here due to an illness.
if you're a GOOD person, with liberal and progressive views and with a willingness to collaborate with a diverse community rather than champion divisiveness... I'd welcome you to Canada. Otherwise, I'm afraid you voted against your own best interests.
Rough. But that really has nothing to do with a "collapse of an empire" scenario. Especially when the US has always had issues like that before.
@@Matthew_LoutnerMedical debt is the number one cause of personal bankruptcy.
@@stephenjenkins7971It has everything to do with empire collapse. What's going to counter the newest wave of tax cuts? What's going the feed the new wars? Austerity. Not for the Owners, of course. Just us poor shits.
I was born in 1941. My dad was spared going to war. We lived the American dream. My dad was in a union and paid well. We had new houses which my dad built. We lived in a mixed middle class neighborhood,ie union workers, lawyers, butcher, carpenters, insurance brokers, etc. we all owned our own home. Life was beautiful for white Americans at least. In 1968 everything changed with the Vietnam war and Nixon and then Ronald Reagan. The American dream was finally over with the rise of the oligarchs and tax cuts for the wealthy. By the early 2000s I knew Eisenhower was right about the rise of the military industrial complex draining our tax coffers and buying politicians. So sad to see so few people destroying our economy bc of greed and lack of empathy for the working poor and the homeless.
So you're saying the Republicans destroyed our country what about the Democrats they're worse
_"By the early 2000s I knew Eisenhower was right about the rise of the military industrial complex draining our tax coffers and buying politicians."_
To keep 'Murica as the world's police in places like Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine and Yugoslavia etc. Not to forget home soil in Cuba, Grenada and Chile etc.
@victorsamsung2921 America has been a pretty gentle ruler for the most part. ..... compared how history has shown other empires and civilizations to behave when welding tremendous power.
Am I saying it's perfect? Absolutely not, but you have to be intellectually honest, AND look at the big picture.
Citizen's United destroyed much.
@@queefmicester1189they have been at war for over 220 years.
I’ve not seen this channel before. This was ridiculously well done on atopic I have been thinking about quite a bit lately.
This is actually a ridiculous video that fails to include so manyfactors that almost guarantees thew US to be a superpower for the next millenium.
You must listen to too much Russia BS propaganda.
@@eliasziad7864 Stop being delusional. The US is no longer the superpower it used to be. It's actually declining.
@@eliasziad7864 Are you Elon Musk's burner account? lmao.
@@eliasziad7864me when i’m in denial and don’t want class consciousness to happen. u will never be part of that superpower, u will always be the one used to maintain it, so why defend it?
There is a saying in ancient India
"You might want to win everything, but you will only win some things. When greed and arrogance make you want it all, you end up losing everything you've already achieved. This leads to self-destruction."
History has shown that great empires have fallen because of greed, arrogance, and selfishness.
I believe this is the same for empires, religion, and everything.
It's time for people to learn from the past."
This is also true for Indian modi government, he wanted to grab all its neighboring countries but ended up losing all, last one was Bangladesh. Lesson of history is that no one learns anything from history.
Hi Kush. Well said. Cheers, P.R.
It’s always intriguing to explore the dynamics of history and the rise and fall of empires. The discussion around why empires, including the United States, might face challenges can be both thought-provoking and sobering. It’s essential to consider the lessons from the past while also recognizing the resilience and adaptability that nations can exhibit.
But did you know in JUNE 2023, PM Modi and PM Netanyahu made a deal to *REPLACE ALL GAZA WORKERS WITH INDIAN VISANS!?* That's what 7OCT Intifado was about! REPLACEMENT BY STARVATION! _All the workers in S ls'real - N Gaza Cleanup-to-Condos are IN'DIANS!_ [Hindustan Times] *DoGE - Department of Greedy Entrepreneurs will OFFSHORE 3,000,000 FedGov administrative services jobs TO lN'DIA!* Offshoring is already $200,000,000,000 a year scam!!
Not all that pithy is it?
The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
Satan’s promise to pit mankind against each other is real
Unless it is a war within native US soil.
Yeah main idea is to destabilise the country and cripple the economy so they can get resources ,sell guns and military stuff. Winning a war doesnt really make money.
@@donavan835 The US has been at war for decades. On Side A we have the ruling class, the extremely wealthy, the big corporations, the military industrial complex and the christian extremists. Side A also has financial backing from anyone outside the US who is willing to throw them a few dollars (strings attached). On Side B we have everyone else, which is mostly the middle and lower classes. For various reasons, mostly the decline in education standards, many on Side B think Donald Trump is their man. Trump has always been on Side A, and always will be. Is the decline of public education standards, the increase in gun violence, the fentanyl crisis and other factors that are weakening Side B, while enriching Side A via the pharma, health and arms industries, a coincidence? Or engineered? The war will only end with revolution.
Is that a quote?
I have my popcorns ready. This last season of America is going to be crazy.
Do you mean last season as 2025 or last season trumps 2nd term 2025-2029?
It’s gonna be disappointing as the last season for Game of Thrones
@@Usulutan1978 you think Trump is going to survive for another 4years?
I’m willing to bet he sees a stroke/heart-attack/bullet before then.
@@Usulutan1978the last season has many episodes (or years) give it’s 2-2.5 decades when the last remaining people of real fighting age is left who actually give a fuck about the republic look around the young kids don’t care, they don’t even know what gender they are if you ask half of them. So once the last generation of people who will fight tooth and nail for this country and the ones who went to war last time who has any true combat experience are all gone the nation will be easy to fall shortly after.
Absolutely delusional the USA will continue to reign
"The American Way of Life is simply not sustainable. Because it doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America. But fortunately, power has a shelf life. When the time comes, maybe this mighty empire will, like others before it, overreach itself and implode from within. A world run by a handful of greedy bankers and C.E.O.’s whom nobody elected can’t possibly last."
Arundhati Roy, 2002
You realize everything falls if America falls right or are you special? (Rhetorical)
@@Arginne by everything you mean ..? , I really wonder do you truly believe that your country is the good guy ( like what your movies make you believe ) of this world ?
It’s not because it doesn’t acknowledge the world beyond it but because it doesn’t acknowledge the world within it that are slaving for the top 1 percent to be the only ones who experience this “dream”
@@Arginne I'm pretty sure everybody is painfully aware of that fact. However your definition of "everything" is the thing in contention. There would be absolute economic havoc all over the western world, but nations who are far enough away from the imperial core wouldn't take as big a hit, even though it would still be substantial. Unless there's a nuclear war as a result of America falling of course.
I don't know why you assumed OP was making it out that they didn't realise this. Dunno why you had to add "or are you special?"
Pretty needlessly combative. Seems like you took his posting of the quote to be some sort of attack on your personal identity. I assume you are an American?
@@the_quadracorn bro you cooked him hardd
Rome and Sparta were oligarchies, just like the US, which according to Aristotle is inherently unstable and WILL fall.
True, that is unless the US saves itself by not allowing oligarchs rise to significant power again, such as when Theodore Roosevelt busted the trusts and monopolies during the Progressive Era.
Another thing is, the US is MUCH less oligarchic than that of Sparta and the Roman Republic even still. In the Republic, even voting power itself was determined by your wealth, but it’s equalized in America, which helps it become more stable
@@antiepix9555 more like switches from financial oligarchy to military oligarchy and then back to financial oligarchy
The US is objectively not an oligarchy
@@antiepix9555 yeah but even electoral politics without economic political power included in that, just creates more oligarchies. We consistently only go half way with revolutions and then wonder why they failed when preventing failure wasn’t the point
@@antiepix9555too late. China has left behind the US on all fronts. They have lost respect and trust from the rest of the world. The US use to hide its hideous chokehold it had on weaker countries. The sanctions, regime changes on governments they don’t like have made the rest of the world detest the US. China is the biggest trading partner of 96% of the world now. China is also severing ties gradually.
Many people do not realize how poor the US healthcare system is, leading to millions of deaths because they cannot afford the necessary care. Additionally, a large portion of the world is indifferent to learning about or speaking American English. This is why many Americans are shocked to see how well other countries manage their healthcare systems.
The health care industry is a business in the US rather than a public good, and profits are always good.
You said "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims such that people die because of lack of life saving medical treatment?
How long have you been ignorant?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804You wrote "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims such that people die because of lack of life saving medical treatment?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804You wrote "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims for life saving medical treatment?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804
You wrote, "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for a health insurance company when they deny legitimate claims for life saving medical treatment?
"For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival."
- Fredrick Douglas
Absolutely!
Without a rival? There might be like China or out of the world, aliens from another planet 👽👽👽
@@wazzup233England, germany, spain, france, portugal... they just hide theirs overseas.
@@wazzup233 USA deluded themselves thinking there is no rival. That is USA biggest problem. A big China is ready to prowl on them...
@@wazzup233 Well, on this planet, the US is unmatched in hypocrisy. Don't you think? Revolting barbarity may be a different matter, but what difference does it make? We are guilty of that too.
"Our time has come. For 300 years, we prepared. We grew stronger. While you rested in your cradle of power, believing your people were safe... and protected. You were trusted to lead the Republic-but you were deceived, as our powers of the dark side have blinded you. You assumed no force could challenge you... but now...finally... we have returned. [...] You were deceived. And now, your Republic... shall fall."
-Darth Malgus-
Wow, what waste of a lot of good pixels.
The US has elected the perfect person to accelerate its fragmentation.
A reality tv star celebrity 🤣
As far as I've heard, *_some_* people voted for him for pretty much that reason - because they're _so_ fed up with the system that they want to see it burn.
@@Wolf-ln1ml the problem is that they don't realise they'll burn with him too, but he's probably got a fire extinguisher, and they don't...
@@Wolf-ln1ml well some people are sort of dumb. I highly doubt America isn't going to be a superpower for the rest of this century. America is going against Russia who can't fight and Russia is only good for selling oil, and we got China who wants to invade taiwan in the next 2 years because it's already aware that their military strength has already reached its maximum height and isn't going to reach new heights unless it somehow solves its demographic crisis.
@@Matthew_Loutner "Continue" means that he has already done some work for that. What would that work be then?
The end of the Roman Empire seems to have a lot in common with the state of the USA indeed.
What, too many slaves?
Totally agree. A certain funny-hat wearing tribe was the root cause of the fall of the Roman Empire. How ironic is that?
@@geneinmyrtlebeach6967History always repeats itself. USA is fundementally Rome in modern era with other Western European ideologies. It's was bound to fail with the number of cultures clashing.
@@geneinmyrtlebeach6967 they wanted Jesus dead too
Both my replies got censored
The real question is, what will the United States look like after it comes falling down?
It will look like Lagos Nigeria....
Hopefully #landback
Desolate
Brazil or Mexico probably
Less relevant, and may be some states get free, like Texas, florida etc
I am a child of a family who has been hit hard by everything. My parents can barely afford anything, I feel bad for using up electricity because I don’t want to add to the electricity bill, and we don’t even eat real meals anymore. I just throw some artificial chicken nuggets into the toaster oven and eat that for my meals. And if I’m lucky, maybe some waffles for breakfast. We don’t even do stuff anymore, as in go on vacation, as we can’t afford it. One of my parents has a to work more, especially because the other got laid off their job. And I’m the one left to take care of my younger siblings.
What I’m trying to get to here, is that because of the greedy choices the American government has made, children and other adolescents like me will suffer in the hands of the higher powers. Thanks a lot for making me feel bad when I eat a meal, you politicians.
I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. It's heartbreaking to hear stories like these.
When the treasury runs dry, it’s hard to keep the party going. Empires can’t just print more money-unless they want to throw a hyperinflation rave!
Lowkey yeah this is kind of my current situation, my family can barely afford anything and my mother is always trying to save up for groceries and things because it’s literally unlivable at this point. She’s always complaining about it too and I get that, my dad barely makes the average salary on his job since he recently quit his job he’s been doing for years that didn’t even pay him good either and would only give him like 300 dollars which literally means nothing at all compared to the bills we have to constantly pay. I’m only like 15 years old and I wanna try to start working in the summer to help them because life at this point has became so unlivable because we barely have any money. Like the income my dad gets is like lower than average and my mother just got out of surgery so she can’t go to work just yet. We were only able to afford the surgery because of the Medicare that came with my dad’s past job. Buying groceries are just all too much, the average groceries on things you need is probably like 100 dollars or more. The bills here where I live keep going up and up and it stresses me out so bad, I don’t even understand why my dad voted for trump…I know all politicians can be bad no matter on what side but I feel like we should really focus on averaging things and making things a bit more livable, maybe focus on the environment too because it’s already destroyed. I just feel sometimes there are people who promise they are gonna make things better but they don’t, regardless of the side. Everyone is angry and protesting for what is happening and honestly I don’t blame them because you can’t even afford living in a apartment or house, I could see why gen z (people of my generation) wouldn’t want to have kids…like if you can’t even take care of yourself and afford something necessary than why have kids, right? Because it comes with responsibilities too and everything. I try to distract myself with like going to school and not worrying about the inflation and everything going around me but it’s like trying to ignore the elephant in the room if you get what I mean, but yeah I’m goin through the same type of situation as you man. You aren’t alone
If your family needs medical care it is available through Medicaid, if your family need food it is available through food stamps and Aid to Dependent Children. If you family needs housing you may qualify for Section 8 Housing support. Nobody has to starve in the U.S. , and nobody has to live on the street.
Still I am sorry that you are in this situation.
Why did you parents have children they couldn't afford?
BTW, households with a family income of under $50,000 pay virtually no federal income tax.
So as far as all those federal benefits go, your family would getting them for free. My husband and I pay about 40% of our income to the federal government the state government, Medicare, school district, sewer district, etc. We only get to keep 60% but we don't complain.
@@PoisonelleMisty4311 This is truly the only thing that really concern me. Politicians believe that entitlements cant be cut. There is very little in the federal budget other than entitlements, the military and the interest on the debt. I agree that the debt issue is real and dangerous.
And Trump and Musk are the cherries on top. Greed hypocrisy ignorance and bigotry reigns supreme in America
"Greed hypocrisy ignorance and bigotry reigns supreme in America" --- Agreed, which is why Democrats have thrived. Good thing we're addressing those things now by getting the liar Biden out of power, and Kamala isn't going to take his place. Time to let the adults back in the room.
Two grubby individuals
Check out Biden and Pelosi's bank accounts unless you are a hypocrite 😂
The two are like the embodiment of everything that's wrong with America today, especially Dump. Even the fact that the Democrats have been winning every election and midterm since 2016 _except_ the two where they fielded a female presidential candidate speaks novels.
@@NestorSalivenDems ARE better. They grow the American economy and have all the powerhouse states. They invest in the people. Republicans
People often compare USA to empires of old. But to be honest the world is different and much nuanced one. The best example of what America's collapse would look like, is Britain.
I think much attention isn't paid to what's happening with the Uk at the moment.
Also the collapse could be less drastic, and USA can just stop putting up military bases across the world, and continue thriving economically like Netherlands. Which was once a global empire too, they simply decided to focus internally rather than try to project their might on everyone.
Both are examples of how America can end up. Struggling like the UK, Portugal of Spain. Or soaring like Netherlands
The British Empire never collapsed. The scepter of power was merely passed from mother(England) to son(US).
the u.s. relies on the dollar being not only the world's reserve currency, but also being the currency needed for oil and for basically all international trade. therfore there's a disproportionatly huge international demand for u.s. government debt. when the dollar loses its importance the u.s. will lose their economic power and the government might either go bankrupt or have zimbabwe like inflation. the netherlands are not an option.
The LBC (London Banking Cartel/IMF) Empire Never Fell...it just rebranded and relocated.
Well, do not forget that the Netherlands are a vassal state of the US-Israel tandem. Also, the Netherlands suffers from some of the same issues as the US. I.e. Declining middle class, declining wealth, elite politics, blaming immigration (like in the UK also), declining quality of the educational system, surging ultra right wing sentiment (an ultra right wing party in the government, worse than in the US, btw), surging cost of living, increasing real estate(and rent) prices, beating downward (blaming the vulnerable) in stead of upward, claiming to defend free speech while using force against it. So, it depends on what you call a soaring state. To some people (politicians mostly) it looks more like floating in a cesspool in stead of soaring in the sky. At least, that is what the politicians make it look like. In a way, a self fulfilling prophecy, because in their ardent endeavor to make things better, they actually make it worse. Keep beating downward and see what happens. Crush the base of your society and see what happens.
The only reason why the Netherlands can thrive economically. Is because the US has those military bases all across the world.
The true purpose of those bases isn't to wage world wide war 24/7. The true purpose is to secure and protect international trade routes.
Unless India voluntarily takes on that multi billion dollar responsibility. The U.S. is going to have to keep on spending hundreds of billions to guard that trade.
I feel like the impact of external issues is an important part of these stories. The Ottomans being attacked and divied up by the West, the US pulling the USSR into Aghanistan ("the graveyard of empires") after decades of cold war, or Rome being attacked by Germanic tribes. Obviously internal weakness is a key factor, but I felt the explanations given felt a little incomplete
Well if that’s you’re complaint the us is being divided up to old allies like Saudi Arabia and Turkey no longer are so close and have moved away
When i was a child the amount of times Hollywood lied to me. And me thinking of the American dream my mom would say the dream isn't there anymore. And she is right.
Yes Amanda, Hollywood lied to you. There are no flying elephants.
My American dream has come true. I love America ❤.
@@J无名My country is being eat from within by foreigners and greedy rich. Pray for the average American please and thank you for your support.
Comrade, think how happy you will be when the mean old free peoples are slaves. Then there shall be no need for your insane channel.
get out go find your chinese russian or any other dream then
Billionaires shouldn't exist. That's right 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The amount of wealth is unreal enough to sustain a bunch of lives
@@niamotullah99 you are right. And those billionaires also get their money by making other people poor.
@@user-ek7xm3hu1w Every time others try to claw their way up they are met with a boot kicking them back down.
Why not? If
someone legally and ethically makes Billions who should be the arbiter over that person's money. The Government that is corrupt?
We just need to Crack down on corrupt methods that many Billionaire use to get rich and screw people over.
We need more Luigis
The US was never the greatest country for black Americans.
ABSOLUTELY 💯 AGREE 👍
Yes it was.... dig deep fam
Black Americans turned their struggle into their salvation. Even in the 90s they lived in crime ridden neighborhoods, so they made a music industry regarding their way of life and profited off it.
@@CYRUSTHAGREAT Ain't no one trying to dig threw a bottomless pit, inside of a black hole 🕳️
GO BACK TO AFRICAN THEN!!! BYEEEEEE
My father is a 90 year old, Marine Veteran, I told him that he’s gonna live long enough to see the demise of the American empire wasn’t too happy about that
The working class are the base that holds up the rich. If the rich takes away from the working class, the rich fall
Making the rich the dumbest mfers 😂😂😂😂
you would think they would be wise enough to see that given all their business acumen and people management skills, yet greed or pride clouds their eyes to this fact and they always destroy themselves and the middle class to the benefit of no one, a tragic fact indeed
The rich provide all of the jobs.
@@sumomaster5585 well the bourgeoisie do see it though. That's why in the past, they've conceded on a few issues, at least the ones who were smarter did, for self preservation. But they never gave enough away such that it would threaten their power. But today, they want to eliminate the working class entirely through AI. That's why they're heavily pushing AI this and AI that.
@ If no one has a job who’s going to buy their products? Also AI is very overrated, it’s not real intelligence nor even general purpose rather application specific. Though of course companies dream it was like that so they can finally get rid of those pesky employees….which makes me wonder what happens when it can replace CEOs? Pretty sure their jobs aren’t really that hard to automate…but I bet we won’t hear about AI doing that anytime soon
Ben Franklin predicted we'd probably only last 225 years
far less than that
Well it appears you lasted 125
What math are you doing? 1776 + 225 = 2001 Seems like we lasted 23 almost 24 years past his prediction. 🤷♂️
@@CallMeCoachWalker gotta admit, that's still pretty eerie.
@@CallMeCoachWalkerno math required, they simply stated what Ben Franklin said
The economical decline of the USSR was a secondary issue. The true decline of the USSR had to with the overbureaucrarization and monolithic nature of the Communist Party. The Managerial elite ruled their own sectors of the economy and exploited it to their benefit, notably the military and security services. It gave rise to the oligarchs and nepotistic leaders like Yeltsin and the thugs running the regimes that occupy the former Soviet Union. By the late 80s, Gorbachev’s idealist attempt to reform the union led to these same forces that benefited from the corruption to unhinge themselves and split the union apart. No ordinary Soviet citizen wanted the USSR to collapse.
Putin cleansed the oligarchs from the country. Those are the ones who dire Putins downfall
and it is usually a 'secondary' issue
you are right i am from former Soviet Union country and here people still wish ussr didnt collapse
This is called nostalgia. The Soviet Union was corrupt, economically backward, and a failed dictatorship. @@sevdamustafazad3564
indeed, great video otherwise
The US empire has been incredibly powerful in the scope of its reach and the level of power it wields. That said, it’s been very short lived.
It’s also been a meat grinder for a majority of our species. Founded on probably the most complete genocide and conquest of land in modern history, its economy built on the backs of enslaved African people.
The Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia have been plundered of resources and exploited for labor. The people have been subject to all manner of subversion, oppression and slaughter both directly by the US and covertly by its gendarme states.
The astronomical wealth accumulated by its capitalist class has relied on all this AND the endless, wanton extraction of natural resources to the point of precipitating a complete ecological catastrophe that will destroy civilized human life as we know it.
Not only is it not the shining city on a hill its shill historians portray it as, it’s been a cancer on the body of humanity that in all likelihood, will be terminal.
We can only pray it won’t lash out like a wounded animal in its death throes. I’m not holding my breath
You just summarized perfectly the United States history and path of success.
Similar to the rest of the world.
@@halothere6995 thanks. I’m not sure I’d call it a success in the long run, though. Certainly not for most of us. For the .001% of us that own everything it’s been wildly successful. The rest of us are likely watching the beginning of the end
@@Matt-kt9nm mmm, no. There’s lots of countries/cultures that haven’t done half of these things. Maybe because they chose not to, maybe because they never got the chance. China, for example, hasn’t engaged in much imperialism in its ascent to “superpower” status. It’s got plenty of problems, but that’s not one of them.
People in the US like to dismiss criticism by claiming that it’s all just human nature and every country does these things, but the record doesn’t bare that out at all
this comment ignores the rest of the world and it's history.
America is a business, not a country. As long as currency exists, so will the USA.
You can still exist and not be a global power. Egypt, Rome, Greece Britain and other former great places still exists but aren’t what they once were
To whom are you going yo sell the goods? The. Poor in USA can’t afford buy it. And the rest may not want to buy it, if you use cool and petrol!
Businesses fail more often than countries.
But what happens when you no longer have a compliant population.
Greed is like that overzealous party guest who shows up with a giant bag of chips and proceeds to hog the entire bowl, leaving everyone else with crumbs. It’s the insatiable hunger that turns a buffet into a famine, where the only thing overflowing is the ego of the one who thinks they deserve it all.
As an American, it’s scary because life is about to look very different but I know it needs to happen and that it will collapse.
LMAO. You people have been predicting that for decades now, and you're always wrong. In reality, its just what you hope for in regards to your s i c k politics
Dude what’s wrong with you ? Trump alone won’t make America fall you cornball 💀💀💀. The fact you belive these words is sad
This comment proves why we need iq tests 💀😂💀
@@stephenjenkins7971 The US economy is running on a deficit, that's the first sign of any nation collapsing. Now, ask yourself this, how can the US afford to burn money whilst teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Simple, we get everybody else to pay for our debt. The second the USD is seperated from the Oil industry, something that BRICS is trying very hard to do, the US Economy will plummet into an infinite recession that'll force us to abandon all of our military bases globally and liquidate our military like what the Soviets states had to do post fall.
@@Ethanol_3726 What a braindead claim. Having a deficit never meant that at all; the US had over a 100% debt-to-GDP ratio at the time when it was at its wealthiest; post-W W 2. That by itself doesn't mean anyhing, especially when every other nation has similar issues. China's, for example, has been calculated to be around 200% debt-to-GDP, and nobody is claiming that they are going to "c o l l a p s e" from that.
You guys have zero clue about what you're talking about.
A life lesson here in the USA. Being a former renter but now a property owner, my property earns me wealth I have discovered in many interesting ways. I now recognize that rent is basically slavery to own no property but to create wealth for oligarchic landlords.
How did you discover ?
The properties are built so terribly now and cost so much that some people are being driven into poverty to maintain them. Buying property can still be a risk for some but good thing in your case it sounds like that it not the case.
Maybe most never get the opportunity!
I disagree. Have been renting for years. What renting gives you is freedom to get up and go. This works well for me. Investing in a rental property is always a bit of a gamble. If it worked out for everyone, everyone would be doing it. I've seen it succeed and fail in equal measure.
Yet, if the government wants your land to build a railroad, you'd have to move, because you own the house, not the land, which is why you still have to pay taxes on your "property" which incidentally if you fail to pay it can also be taken from you.
The world is too big even for America. Stop dominating.
Oh, the irony of "working class" republicans putting billionaires in office to "save" the country.
The sheep voted for the wolves
as far as I know being a politician requires you to have a considerable ammount of wealth to begin with so, respectfully, liberals or democrats, they vote for the exact same thing anyway, no matter their beliefs
@@not_my_circus_not_my_monkeys Yes, politicians of any party are generally much richer than the average population. Not to mention 'lobbying' being a perfectly legal form of bribery, wealthy people can engage with in to influence bills.
That being said, there are some pretty clear differences between parties. Just look at the difference between Biden's Cabinet having a net worth of $118M, compared with Trump's Cabinet picks being worth $340B.
@@not_my_circus_not_my_monkeys Maybe you do but how much is enough ??
Democrats leave office as multi millionaires .. 🤡
Back in 2014 I compared America to the fall of Babylon. People assumed I was a bit crazy saying that will never happen. Now 10 years later people are finally seeing what I meant.
How correct are you if the fall takes hundreds of years?
@@chrisandlizsizemore8172 it may take less for the US. Besides it's already 200+ plus years old
Certainly in next 30 years. America's economic decline will take 15 years to show and after that dollar busts and military bases gets shut all over the world and US faces high inflation. And then boom @@chrisandlizsizemore8172
You're crazy for sure. America can never be invaded or destroyed like Babylon. Even if America becomes poor and broke, it still has the power to end the whole world with the push of a button. That kind of power has never EVER been seen before in human history. You can compare empires that used bows and arrows and swords to each other all you want, but humanity has crossed the nuclear threshold. There is no going back from that. Look at the Soviet Union for an example of what happens when a modern empire "collapses". Russia still threatens everyone with doom, even after its collapse. This is what would happen to America as well.
@ You think the possibility of another great depression along with food insecurity, famine, poverty, possibility of our allies dropping us due to our association with war criminals, and ecological storms increases due to global warming isn’t considered a collapse? I think it’s going to take 2025-2028 for it to happen not 100 years. Florida will be under water. The coasts will experience more intense hurricanes. California will probably split further. The tornadoes will start moving South East as they have been doing.
You can say I’m full of shit but observational analysis is not a joke.
random person: you wish America will fall, America can never fall
me: it's not if America will fall, it's just a question of when
And of who will rise next
And good luck with who will replace it...China, Russia, India or Islam? Give me America with all its faults anyway...
It is already falling. As an immigrant who lived in the US from 2004 to 2016. I can confidently say America has fallen. 911 was just the beginning as Americans lost their rights and were treated like second class citizens through TSA and endless unjust wars that were not declared through congress. One can even go back further and say that America fell when the dollar was decoupled from gold. In the 50's a US citizen with a high school diploma could afford a 5 bedroom house, 2 cars and 5 kids out through college without loans.
Today even with a PHD you are likely going to struggle with loans and will not easily afford the same lifestyle that people enjoyed 70 years ago.
In the Next 5 years life will change suddenly even for the millionaires.
As it is , population collapse is inevitable, and the long term investors are avoiding countries that would experience a strong population decline. The world is changing,the future growth will be in regions with resources and a strong population growth.
No borders.
Islam religion.
Iran Regime is trying to defeat the Jews in Israel ( Little Devil).
River to Sea ( Palestine is Islamic)
@@GrandSolarEclipse😂😂😂🎉🎉gog magog America never fall
Season's greetings, everyone! 🎄 The most important thing on everyone's mind right now should be investing in different sources of income that don't rely on the government, especially with the current economic crisis. As we in 2025, I encourage everyone to start investing now to secure a more stable financial future
Companies need money to grow, and they let people buy shares to help fund that growth, giving investors a chance to earn profits.
Money invested is far better than money saved, when you invest it gives you the opportunity to increase your financial worth.
What's amazing is how much bigger and more complex it's gotten. Now, companies can raise billions by going public, and instead of just funding ships, we're talking about funding everything from tech innovations to renewable energy
But for most people, myself included, the stock market can feel a bit overwhelming. There's so much information out there, and it's hard to know where to start
The market's so big now, with thousands of companies trading, and then there are all the different types of stocks-growth, value, blue-chip, and let's not even get into all the market indexes like the S&P 500 and Bitcoin It's a lot to wrap your head around
What made us great was FDR's New Deal. The exact thing our present day oligarchs have been trying to completely eliminate.
Sorry - fascism (FDR's preferred economic system) was an authoritarian failure.
the New Deal and the end of Jim Crow which took another 25+ years to achieve and really there is still some work to do. And those people want to get rid of all of it.
ABSOLUTELY A NEW NEW DEAL MIGHT JUST SAVE US
Oligarchs hate anything that helps the common person
Because the money is much more important than the people for the rich
Donald Trump and Covid 19 has opened our eyes to really see America
Most of the world already whole-heartedly knew by then.
But ask a native if you want the full picture.
What exactly did you see? I find this amusing because those who criticize the most are the ones who live in countries who have similar or worse leadership.
Trump just held up a mirror to the ugliness of the American right wing and ran on it. Fox News, AM radio hosts, and right-wing troll meme culture online paved the way for him. He promises everything yet delivers for corporate America and the super wealthy every time.
@@sammalama that corruption in America is as bad as ours and their politicians are as stupid and greedy as ours. We thought America was the model of good governance but now we see our corrupt inefficient government learned their tricks from the USA
@@sammalama
Don't be sensitive if you're a Trupmpie, all the leaders are the same they're all designed to take down the people for the good of the system. Problem with trumpies is they think that he is a savior when he is definitely not.
😂😂😂. The last two presidents who had any morals were JFK good president and Reagan decent president. I would tell you why but my comment would get censored and taken off so do some research.
I left America nine years ago, and I am thrilled I did.
I am thrilled for you. I left UK 20 years ago it was the greatest thing I did in my life.
Don't become a colon in another place though.
Stay away from Mexico
where did you guys even leave to?
Where’d you go Kev?
Thanks!
As an American living in the UK, I totally agree with this video and have felt and lived this empire decline.
This is one of my favourite channels. Thank you for the hard work.
Free Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan and the Congo. Let the people decide their destiny.
Yes, we meddle in the affairs of others.
I always remember this
whenever people wonder how aliens would treat us.
They would probably treat us in a similar way that Europe treated its colonies.
Those countries we let in commit the most crime.
@@MatthewTurner-fp2kbmaybe if you countries hadn't colonised them, they wouldn't speak your language and they wouldn't be in your countries to begin with
UK suffering from an even greater & precipitous decline surely
The thumbnail of this video is wild tho😆 It's like an invitation for the CIA to pay her a visit 😂
the last stand of moral integrity and ethics has fallen with making a criminal narcissist the leader everybody can see without any doubt.
This is definitely the last chapter of the American dominance.
See my above post on this thread. You have wisdom.
Not the first time probably not the last time. Andrew Jackson for example committed outright murder by cheating in a dual and he still won the presidency. with this context a narcissist with shady money is hardly surprising. disappointing but not surprising.
The other comments fail to point this out.
Yep, we narrowly survived under Biden
His opponent was also a narcissistic criminal, just without the record
Im American. I agree that America is in decline. I blame greed, wealthy people constantly creating inflation and using compound interest to cage people in long term debt. Government dysfunction also. Religion also. Divorce and subsequent lack of discipline of our youths. This latter has caused an entire generation of people to emerge as con artists. All of this causes anger, resentment, and a Zomby Limbo we are ALL now trapped in. No way out of it.
*"Be rich or begone."* --3lon
Youth lacking discipline is not really true. The world is on fire and they are protesting. XR, BLM, Gaza etc, the really big issues. The thing is, like this movieclip explained, they have no future in the world of capitalism. The youth is not the problem, they are thee victims.
You claim con artists emerged, like that happened recently, but these puppet players have been around since the Mayflower arrived in 1609. These people took the land, the power and controlled the rules of the con called the American dream.
I mentioned capitalism, the American ideologie. Lets hope capitalism dies and labour gets rewarded again.
Greed is like that overzealous gardener who waters only one flower in the garden, thinking it’ll bloom into a money tree. While the rest of the plants wilt in the shade, our greedy gardener is busy counting petals instead of sharing the sunshine.
@@PoisonelleMisty4311 Greed is the primary value of the successful. That's why only the most ruthless, most brazen and powerful succeed--folks like Chump, 3lon, Bezoz, Zuck, XiXiPi, KJU, KK, LH, etc.
Ur blaming divorce and teens?
This is *THE BEST-made vid* I have _ever_ seen on this subject. *EXCELLENTLY* done!! ♥️👍🏻♥️👍🏻♥️👍🏻♥️👍🏻♥️
Money spent on wars could have been spent to help healthcare, housing and food etc.
The world spends 3 trillion dollars a year on war!
We're not even America 🇺🇸 anymore, we're the United States of Israel 😔
We get it. You hate Jews
we arent even UNITED anymore
@@Calvinmob681 just say you hate Jews
1776-2024 R.I.P.🇺🇸🤢🤮😭💣⚰️🪦
@heraldomedrano851 we're not dead lol
In many ways the USA reached its peak in the 1950s. It’s been steadily declining since the mid 1960s, and accelerating since 2001.
I think I agree. Dubya's Iraq and Afghanistan wars had more long lasting impact than we knew at the time...
It’s peak was the 1980s what a great decade
It's peak is yet to come
@@elliota.1063only reason we were ever involved in those wasteful wars were oil and the USSR. Pretty terrible reasons for war, so yeah I think we deserve a kick in the teeth for that. Don’t forget Vietnam ! Protectors of global peace, starting foreign wars since 1950!
The US has lost its way since the Israeli lobbyists took control. It has been cannabalised from within while being tricked into believing their foes are Muslim. It's sad that the common person is suffering.
People have been saying this for the last 30 years, but if the USA does fail get ready for China and Russia to rule the world. You will miss the USA then.
lol
You've had your shot, let other countries have a chance.
99% of the world population won't miss it.
Homeless are up 18% nationwide
Not enough. There’s more wealth to be made for the rich to exploit.
That’s not alot you people are hypocrites
Where do you think all the migrants went? Its not rocket science
Greed is like that one friend who always orders the most expensive dish at dinner but never offers to split the bill. It’s the insatiable hunger that turns a buffet into a battlefield, where everyone else is left nibbling on crumbs while the greedy gobbles up the whole pie-leaving only the empty plate and a few crumbs of guilt behind.
Lack of Living Wage Jobs , High Prices that keep going up , I mean Camping these days has sure became popular in America Hell..
Collapse is unavoidable at this point. Even regular Americans know it's coming. In the last 20 years we have completely given up solving problems that affect American citizens (rampant gun violence, rising homelessness, opioids, crumbling infrastructure, inflation, rising cost of living, unaffordable healthcare, crime is out of control, housing crisis, political turmoil, corruption, open borders) while we fund multiple wars overseas. Trillions on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and billions funding the war in Ukraine and israel's genocide in Gaza(23 billion in 2024 alone). To make things worst a new recession is on the horizon. This is unsustainable. The decay at home is too great to ignore and the country is at a point where we can no longer pull out of this hole. It might not be today or tomorrow but America is clearly collapsing.
the signs they held said trump will fix it. 😳
Just wondering, where do you live?
Society is collapsing and you don’t want to legally practice safe ownership 2A. Darwin.
@@Vicente-en2zx In the US. I know these problems first hand just like every American.
@@mindelo23 I apologize, when I mean from where are you from, what state? I am from the notorious state of Cali. designated state sign ☮.
I hope we all know that it doesn't matter who is in the 'top job' because this is a systemic problem -- greed. We have allowed many of our economic sectors, to take advantage of the American people. It's disgusting and frightening for the future of our country. My husband and I will be retiring in the next two years n another country. We are absolutely worried that SS! will no longer be funded. we'll have to rely on his pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific Investment account with Stephanie Janis Stiefel my FA. Our national debt is bloating and expanding every month. Our government needs to get spending under control and cut the federal budget.
I know this lady you just mentioned. Stephanie Janis Stiefel is a portfolio manager and investment advisor. She gained recognition as an employee of neuberger berman; a renowned investor she is. Stephanie Janis Stiefel has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing portfolios and providing guidance to clients.
I’m planning on moving to Thailand in the next 5 years if trump’s government doesn’t do anything with the high prices of groceries and taxes
What about you??
Been debt free for two years thanks to Stephanie Janis Stiefel. So sad to see my friends in their 40s with car loans, mortgages and credit card debt.
My sister lives in Aussie. They have good healthcare better than America. I am also moving there after I retire.
Please stop gentrifying countries
The part you're missing is that everyone is getting weaker, not just the US.
America: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges is an excellent read that highlights these internal fractures in detail.
Chris Hedges is the man!
Exercise your Class Consciousness with 2nd Amendment Rights America, free yourselves from the chains of Unchecked Capitalism 🦅🇺🇸
luigi mangione moment lol
Limited rights you mean
Apparently YT doesn't like comments regarding lobbyists.
@@Jay-n262 as i have to say to many people, there is a bug in youtube that make some tweet shown as disappeared after so many replies in a short time so it also appear as disappeared while being visible to others (sometimes, it can be hidden and shown serveral days later autonomatically)
this has been happening for a year now and youtube team hasnt solved it
Let Luigi be an example.
it’s sad that we feel so desperate yet we have so many people gaslighting us telling us it’s not that bad and we should be lucky to live here. if my parents didn’t bring me to america my life would’ve been way easier
agreed! as somebody whose parents were born in Mexico and i was born in texas, i wish they could’ve just stayed there and i was born there instead :,)
but THEIR life would've been harder. (I'm using pakistan as an example, but in the 90s, it was like afghanistan today. not from war, but from hardly any infrastructure and dirt roads) now, if you look at islamabad, it looks like the city from gta 5.
@@Darkest_matterwhen it comes to pakistan, Islamabad most definently is beautiful and is the jewel of the country but the rest is riddled with problems with high inflation and corruption even today
Are you sure you are not from a 3rd world country?Heck my country sucks.America is no good.But damn.Maybe Europe?
You dramatic people are hilarious, damn near mentally unstable at the BS you spew
Money for wars but can't feed the poor? Crazy.
If you magically earned $1 million every single day (seven days a week!), you’d need 1,232.88 years to hit $450 billion. You need to start before the Viking Age, before the Tang Dynasty! Now imagine one person having access to that amount of money!
He existed in Africa
Imagine them having access to that much money and STILL greedily pawing for more.
he got it in 14 years. 60 million a day. Ask your self who his masters are.
@@mc-lb9dk Exactly. I heard he received government grant after ridiculously huge government grant even though he'd shown little to prove he was worth it. That money was funneled to him. He didn't earn it. Who are his handlers and what is their agenda?
@@Spawned-uy8ipwho are you guys referring to Elon musk?
This is the kind of content I like in my algorythm. Great video 💜
BS Russian fantasy propaganda? I'd say the algorhythm won, & you lost.
@HamptonGuitars Russia really? What time do you live in? The cold war? Russia is the least of American Empire's problems. If the Zionists weren't stubborn enough in their power hunger just to not mess with Putin and plant a NATO base on Ukraine... But they couldn't resist controlling the most fertile lands on Europe, because the real war is one of resource management, and they know because that's what China has been doing with their net of Credits and infrastructure investments on third world countries. But what could you possibly know privileged illiterate moron?
@@HamptonGuitars and neither of you can spell algorithm.
Empires rise and fall, and history shows us that internal division, economic instability, and neglect of core values often lead to decline. America’s future depends on whether it can unite and adapt to new global challenges.
Americans would rather cover there eyes
Also we have the nuclear capacity to destroy the world over 100 times. The empires of the past you speak of didn't have this power. In fact no empire has EVER had that power and at their weakest points they were invaded. These old empires wrote religions of Gods who would have such mighty powers that we today actually possess. It is foolish to compare modern day to ancient antiquity. Simply not the same at all anymore.
@ yes you are correct usually after a terrible war the superpower is replaced for example Britain, France, and Netherlands but due to nuclear weapons I think it be fair to say the us power would be reduced but not completely collapse what kind of government it will look like who knows probably oligarchy or remain a democracy
They would rather tear eachother apart
@@sammalamayou don't get it, do you? She is talking about greed.
I see the redditors have enjoyed this video
Hollywood and TV has been America's major soft power😂
Yes but not anymore
Greed is like that overzealous gardener who waters only one flower in the garden, leaving the rest to wilt. While it may produce a stunning bloom, it also creates a patch of parched plants, leading to a garden that’s more of a desert than a paradise.
I don't watch those. They suck.
Should have talked more about slavery and free labor that turned the United States into a superpower.
The amount of money and mental effort spent on denying the evils of the past ever existed versus actually making amends has always baffled me...however, at this point, this practice seems to be a feature of the system rather than a random development.
A little bit of Trump Derangement Syndrome? The cure is 6 months in India...That will cure anyone that thinks the West has fallen...
This is preposterous. If manual labor, free or not, turned the USA into a superpower, then why didn’t manual labor do the same in some place like Nepal or Zimbabwe? Those places are nothing BUT manual labor. They are also depressing failures. The reason the West has accumulated so much power and resources is because of European intrepidness and genius.
I wonder how a fall would affect the other 194 countries in the world.. will other countries extend a helping hand or will they watch? Lots of countries don’t have the ability to take back their immigrants. There’s 47 million in the US.
Many immigrants are educated & will expect to make a better living than locals.
@kevinrod14 Imagine the Middle East, Africa or Asia taking in refugees? Hilarious....compassion, human rights, UN security and humanitarian missions are all Western concepts.....
Okay, all empires fall... The scariest and the saddest thing is, the empire will definitely fight and will not just sit there waiting for its fall... that's when destruction occurs and many victims fall everywhere.
It might not! Why fighting when you don't even have the means or when you know the opponent is far more powerful
Victims of this empire have been falling for decades! Millions of victims in fact, all around the world.
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Yep, you're right 😌
@@markrobby7136we’re talking about the strongest nuclear power on the planet here 😂 the Roman, ottoman, and the British empires couldn’t have even imagined having the power the U.S. does it can literally wipe countries off of the earth. A few failed regime change attempts in the Middle East is not indicative of its military strength. Americas biggest problem is political division regarding domestic issues
@Dan-el4mz , be reasonable because the enemy(s) will have 2x as that. Once an empire is destined to collapse, nothing you can do about it. It started to decay by itself within, its military power become effete and collapsing. It might still think that it has power, but compared to the NEW POWER(S), it's a walk over. .
If there's one thing the next Trump presidency is certain to do, it is certain to usher in the fall of the American empire.
after 4 years, if trump is back in offcie, we are all cooked. the us will fall.
That was ushered in back in the 90s. Some argue that it started in the early 70s. Trump has absolutely nothing to do with it, but he won't be able to fix it either because it's unfixable.
@@sunnyseeksmariDo you not know that he is not allowed another term after this one?
@@Ashleybmakingvideos Right. And if he just says I'm doing it anyway and refuses to leave? Worse he wins again anyway in defiance of the constitution? What then?
Did you watch the video? 😅🤣😂
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
― Abraham Lincoln
There is not such thing is never
Unfortunately, it seems that, just like in Germany in the 30s, Americans are willing to throw away freedom for false promises of a better economy. I'm deeply worried for America's democracy.
So, while greed may think it’s the life of the party, it’s really just the uninvited guest who drinks all the champagne and leaves the rest of us with watered-down punch. In the end, it’s not just a matter of wealth; it’s about sharing the joy of the feast instead of hoarding the whole buffet. Because when we all get a slice of the pie, it’s a lot sweeter than when one person tries to eat it all!
Except with nookleyah eksplosyons or life ending asteroid.
So many fruits died in the making of this video 😔😭
You have a keen eye for detail 😂
I couldn't stop thinking about the children in Africa who could have been fed with the fruits wasted in this video. Yet the use of food made the video spectacularly satisfying to watch,not to mention how they chose the words and narration. I hope the team are those fruits in the end instead of throwing them in the trash cam
@@User-jr7vfI think that was a point being made. That we live in decadence while others are starving all being symbolized by her eating the fruit in the video.
@@User-jr7vfshe did ate those foods
@@User-jr7vfhow do you they didn’t eat the grapes, hell we even see the woman narrating eating a few
Good video, gross blind spot with regard to chattel slavery, de jure and de facto domestic apartheid, and the prison industrial complex. An analysis of the rise and fall of an empire built under these circumstances must include these historical and present day realities, more than a nod to America “not living up to its own standards.”
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Good point.
I assume time was a factor for the creator, and that could be its own video.
Also every society that he made women masculine and men feminine has crumbled, without fail.
@@bradleykimmonshow? Maybe I’m being presumptuous about your point, but my guy, I don’t think someone wearing a dress will cause societal collapse. Like if a society is that weak that it can’t handle a guy wearing a dress, or being “feminine” in some way (you didn’t describe how men are becoming feminine exactly, in what way?) then maybe it deserves to “fall” (in some very vague way, like crumble or fall in what way exactly? Do you just mean a country won’t be as prominent? Or like literally the USA will split into 5 countries like the Roman Empire or something?) I guess.
@@BlueTyphoon2017I would assume the masculinity and femininity he's referring to are the same negative tropes found in the Mouse Utopia experiment/Universe 25 which also arise within decadent human societies whether that be ancient Rome or the modern West and East Asia. Current South Korea is a very good example. It's silly to think that comment was merely about cross-dressing.
Well said.
One of best contents I've come across in a while...It would be hard to keep up with it for the creators...
"And that usually the beginning of the end"
Thank you.
"The American Dream..You have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
Actually, I think I said that.
"In Britain we don't have a dream because we're awake"
Al Murray.
So, while a little ambition can be inspiring, too much greed is like a diet of only dessert-sweet at first, but ultimately leaves you feeling empty and a bit queasy. In the end, it’s not just a recipe for inequality; it’s a banquet of bad karma waiting to be served!
Rome was not the oldest. Read about China, India, Egypt, Persia, Inka etc.
How I wish the euro centric view of the world could be corrected 😢
Moors
Incas is a relatively young empire.
If you want to look for old in what is now Peru, look for Carral.
Inca and the Aztecs wasn't as old as Spain was, China? Which dynasty?
@lettuceman9439 No, for what is now Mx, it would be Olmecas. But there are probably older civilizations preserved in the north.
For China, start with the Xia dynasty (IIIrd millennial BC).
And again, as for what is now called Peru, the oldest civilization known there is Caral. 3rd millenium BCE also. But it's not the only one there older and longer-lasting than the Roman empire.
Iran/Persia is Anshan (4th millennium BCE).
Rome and their empire are relatively young. It's true.
@lettuceman9439 Or, you, know, just use Google instead of playing offended for facts...
I don't see the US collapsing anytime in the next 30 years, or even 50. The other 2 rival empires (Russia, China) have far, far more daunting problems than the US (chief among them demographics, and far fewer allies). I DO, however, see the US gradually reducing its global footprint in the next couple of decades as they re-shore manufacturing (bad for China) and lose interest in being the sole naval force ensuring global free trade (again, bad for China, and everyone else). I also see it turning more authoritarian, with increasingly worse public education and more income inequality (all but the top quintile will get dumber and poorer). It will become a crappier place to live, for sure, but it's not going to collapse any time soon.
The US? Ensuring global free trade? Pffffft.
talk about demographics, your birth rates are plummeting and you are being slowly replaced by other nations. So year your end is near. Denial isn't healthy.
You're one of those delusional people that think US is still powerful lol. This is what happened when you're constant being brainwashed by Western media and doesn't know anything else outside of that. This is also what lead you to believe Russia and China have daunting problems more than US.
@@dekooks1543 you see, there's this really neat little trick that the US does, and has done since its very inception: immigration. Quite amazing, really. Even as birth rates of native-born Americans go down, the population keeps growing, the economy keeps booming stronger than any other on Earth, and there's no shortage of people on this planet who want a piece of that pie, which means we can be choosy about who comes over. If you think that is "being replaced by other nations", then you have zero understanding of how we came to be. There's no such thing genealogically as an "American", our genealogical roots come from Britain, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Ireland, Italy, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Palestine, Lebanon, China, Japan, etc... and yes, quite many from Russia & Ukraine. This has been the model from day 1.
嗯，你说的是对的，中国人十分赞同你的说法🤭
Empire’s don’t fall, they fade… which is why you are reading this in English using the Latin alphabet.
Well put, my friend! :)
Irrelevant
So McDonalds might continue to operate? What else has USA accomplished?
In my normal life outside of youtube, I use the Arabic language in the Arabic script :)
Actually the Alphabet is Greek.
Not Latin.
I will say as an American I had to start working 70-80 hours a week about a month ago. My rent is overpriced, I eat McDonald’s everyday because they offer $1 any size fry and that’s better than shopping for groceries. It’s very hard to stay positive when you can clearly see the government making endless moves to fill their pockets off the mental and physical work of the American people with no rewards for the American people.
Eating McDonalds everyday is terrible. Not just for your health, but for your wallet. Thats gas too, mate, unless you walk there.
i subsisted for years on Oatmeal and dry goods.
For real. you can buy it cheap in bulk and it goes a LONG way.
That aside, Im sure you have foodstamps or a community foodbank yes? Use those. more options, more food. Free.
Whats your job? what do you do? Rent is definitely sky high right now. Im a homeowner, its tough too. You pay as much to rent a dinky studio as I pay in mortgage for a 3 bedroom house.
Trades, man. look into the trades. get you an apprenticeship, find a Union. Welding, Construction. Its tough work, but it has merits.
Ive been welding for almost a decade. making the jump to a union pretty soon. Some of my buddies started doing Union work, they rake in 50+ an hour.
@@Cryogenius333I opted out of buying frozen chicken and just buy rotisseries now for $5. At my work they have free food Saturday, I overeat and take multiple left over home.
brother you spend 5$ a meal daily is 1800$ thats 150$ a month or 32.5$ a week for one meal a day. groceries might be expensive but paying 75$ a week for at least 3 meals a day is far better
When greed takes the wheel, it drives us straight into Inequalityville, where the rich get richer and the poor are left wondering if they can afford to buy a single potato for dinner. It’s like a game of Monopoly where one player keeps landing on Boardwalk and Park Place while everyone else is stuck in jail, wondering how they ended up there in the first place.
Ewww mc d's everyday......
The United States feels more like an economic zone instead of an actual, unified country. Abraham Lincoln warned us that a house divided amongst itself is one that cannot stand.
"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
Others falls first. United States is the only one with dynamic economy, healthy demographics, productive think tanks and dominance in infotech and A I.
Good overall analysis, but keep in mind, Soviet military spending was accelerated in response to Reagan deliberately increasing the US military threats in the 80’s. The USSR tried to spend its way out of the threat, unfortunately taking money away from social programs.
But main reason for the dissolution of the USSR was not citizen discontent. Publicly owned companies had been increasingly run by an elite who happily agreed to mass privatization, buying up public assets for pennies on the dollar, becoming millionaires overnight. The rot and subsequent betrayal came not from the people but from the elite bureaucrats. The dissolution was illegal and ordinary citizens had no say. In that respect, the Soviet elites throwing of the vast majority of the workers under the bus is similar to the US today.
Also, the USSR consistently support anti colonial struggles around the world - Vietnam, Algeria, Cuba, Korea, Africa, etc. Not what you would expect from a country you describe as an “imperial power”.
Islamists and Islamists don't agree with you, Tankies, that Hamas and Muslims want a feudal Caliphate, not an Athiest totalitarian state. You guys are so much at odds, and it's so funny realizing that the Palestinian cause is solely a Religious conflict based on establishing a global Islamic Caliphate. You are so close to getting it. This conflict has nothing to do with democracy and human rights but everything to do with waging Global Jihad for an Islamic State. ed war wit The Soviets war with the Mujahadeen for a reason.
Nonsense. Citizen discontent is a huge problem for USSR. Citizen queuing just for a loaf of bread. Soviet military spending is out of control. When USSR dissolved, not a single Soviet despair for it.
@@zenden9do you have any statistics about that or just antidotes about the illegal collapse of the USSR?
@@jhthebrickman you didn't see the video of Soviet citizens queuing for food in the start of 90s? When u can't even have the basic of filling your stomach, who will be content? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Soviet citizen were discontent.
@@zenden9 You can see even more horrendous videos of how we treat the homeless in America whats your point?
I like the overall message of the video, however, I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of USSR history (its militarisation was in response to constant US threats, its downfall was illegally caused and backed by US officials, its approval rating was high throughout its existence, its economy was projected to overtake the US by the early 2000s) and I'd like to see sources listed for how you got your facts (generally would be nice for all topics you mentioned). If you'd like sources for the info above I can give some book recommendations.
Its due fall was caused by the fact it wasn’t sustainable. Russia oppressed the other countries l, reason why they all HATE Russia with a passion.
Which is understandable.
Russia taking over nations and their economies and still they couldn’t beat USA and you’re trying to defend that 😂
The Soviet economy has been in trouble since the 1970s.
Soviet economy only looked good in comparison when the USA went through the Great Depression lol
Redo and those books. I would like to learn.
This is a very good video. This just makes so much sense and the cinematography is excellent.
I’m skeptical of any message that urges catastrophic consequences. So many lying UA-camrs it’s just too much to keep up with.
It is amazing how videos like these ignore or minimise how fumdamental slavery is to both the rise and fall of America.
As black people in this world, we have no choice but to tell our own stories.
Like a kid trying to grab the last cookie from the top shelf, empires often stretch themselves too thin. They expand their borders faster than they can say, "Oops, that was a bad idea!"
@@BatmanRules Amen.
right she clearly left that part out. she a “minority” her damn self but are we surprised. her peoples are just as anti black
When I was a child, the notion that the USSR would one day not exist never entered the minds of people.
30 years later, the USSR is barely mentioned in discussion...
The USSR does exist. It changed its name back before the Russian revolution. Putin is literally just 4 years and 11 months behind Stalin from being the longest Soviet union/Russian leader.
When i was a kid in the 90s i percieve France, Germany and Western Europe as those super rich nations with citizens with really high living standars and really good education. I percieve theme ashey super advanced. I never tough i will see the decline of those countries in my life time, and im relativelly young.
@@jersonverdeflor6093i genuinely don't understand what these people are talking about A lot of these places only changed in name
Trying to unify a diverse empire is like herding cats. When different cultures start to feel more like frenemies than family, it’s only a matter of time before someone swipes left.
if you were dissatisfied with demcracy, you will like oligarchy even less.
Democracy was invented in Greece by oligarchs. Aristotle and Plato are bashing democracy as the worse system.
Yeah democracy is not great but oligargchy and monarchy is even worse.
@exosproudmamabear558 oligarchy= gang
When it comes to monarchy I don't know what kind of monarchy we're talking about but ONE real patriot L E A D E R is the absolute best choice.
In democracy ever imbecile every illiterate has the right to speak through his her vote !!! This is ridiculous !!!!
There are many democracies that are better than the USA on metrics such as free and fair elections, checks and balances on the power of elected officials, independent public institutions to enact legislation (making the laws is the job of elected officials), an independent judiciary, separation of church and state, health care standards and education standards. E.g. the Scandinavian countries, most of western Europe, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. None of them are perfect, but I'd rather live in any of them than the USA.
@MotoWot nowdays all of them are exactly the same. After the fake pandemic the next scale of tyrrany is the inflation along with the illegal migration. Then next they will push hard the fake climate change which it will bring heavy "green taxation" to the sheep voters.
The rich to become richer and the poor poorer. They want the middle class to perish.
As a first viewer of your channel, I must say, I love and admire your storytelling style and your simple and easy to understand format. The video was entertaining, educative and very visually appealing. Continue shining!
I strongly recommend that you read Black Shirts and Reds, by Michael Parenti and The End of the Beginning, by Carlos Martinez. They'll give you a less Western propaganda view of the Soviet Union and the reasons for its fall.
thanks for the recommendations. It's important to read history from sources other than the heavily propagandized west.
I'd argue that it was the Soviets who lost the soft power and the Ottomans the hard one.
Every time I tell people about America, I reference the Roman Empire. People think I'm insane, but I see so many similarities. If you talk to many Americans, they think they are the greatest in all the world. We must never think we are inherently superior to anyone else. When people become too arrogant bad things happen. America is still holding onto the fear that the rest of the world has because of WW2 and dropping bombs. At some point that will all go away and America will just be a hugely in debt country that cannot hold on anymore. Reminds me of Enron. I wish people would humble themselves, work hard and not be so greedy. There is only so much that 1 single person or one family needs. It should alarm you that actors and athletes make so much to entertain us. Too much money in certain areas when it can be spread around more to help more people.
Have you considered moving to Cuba? I heard they have a system that redistributes wealth evenly.
People predicted the American empire was falling in the Vietnam days. Only for her to win the cold war. This is highly ahistorical
By all metrics, the US should not exist as it currently does. The American economy is in the red, running on a deficit that is bordering on bankruptcy. Why hasn't that occurred yet? Because of the monopoly that the US has on the petrodollar, the US is shifting it's debt onto other nations and that's why the country can infinitely print money and ignore the blatant decay surrounding it. With federations like BRICS, this does not look good for the US and considering that most nations have seen how the US loves sanctions and weaponizing global banking against its enemies, why would rulers feel inclined to sink even further into a possible relationship that could turn out very abusive for them?
That is, why the Americans voted for a billionaire -- to increase the speed of the downfall.
My question to you is what has this current administration done to make the lives of hard working Americans easier?
@@16KidGuitar Educate yourself.
First answer this: What has Trumpf ever done for the hard working Americans which did not profit the rich more?
And this: Why did the GQP sabotage most plans of the current administration to make life for hard working Americans easier?
And what about that: Why does a billionaire need to hike overpriced Bibles that are produced for less than $10 (maybe $5) in China and not in the US?
@@16KidGuitar When you will be hit by what your prophet has promised to do, you will wish the old administration back.
@@16KidGuitar When you will get hit by what your prophet has promised to do, you will wish the old administration back.
kid: When you will get hit by what your prophet has promised to do, you will wish the old administration back.