Tuesday, April 17, 2012

America: The New Rome.

                             

Is America the New Rome of the Modern Age? Will we forever be the super power of the 21st century or will we face the same fate as the Romans did? Are we in a threshold of no return? Is it possible we are falling victims to corruption,fascism, and de-moralizing of society. Is this great nation of ours coming to a soon demise; does history repeat itself? 





Rome: From greatness to demise

Rome at the height of its power was the most powerful nation in the world. Rome's power extended from the deserts of Persia all the way to the marshy lands of the British Isles. The Roman Empire controlled 6.5 million km of land surface. The power was so great that Rome influenced language, religion, philosophy, and law on the countries it controled. The influence is still seen heavily today in modern society of most of the world (including the U.S.A). Rome also had the most powerful army of its time and was heavily equipped. With this all said, it makes you wonder how could something so powerful and great just fall like that....?

WHY DI D ROME FALL......?

                      
       ·    DEMORALIZING of society- The society of rome completly          lost thier sense of their morality. Bestiality was rampant, crazy orgies among people of power and the utter apathetic attitude of the people of rome (working class and poor).   
·    Over expansion- Rome controlled most of the known world. But also conquering came with a price. They constantly had to control the borders which took lots of time money and soliders that they did not have during their decline. it was just too much for the empire. Also with expansion it caused hatred and mini-wars among the people who were subjected to roman oppression/power.
·    Corruption- THE SENATORS OF ROME became extremly corrupted.  seats/positions could easily be sold for the right amount of money. They accepted bribes in exchange for favors and also pushed agendas of others who could pay a good sum.
·    Economic problems(National debt)- rome had a huge debt because of the cost of just maintaining the empire alone. The war debt also helped increase economic problems. Also the de-value of the roman currency also helped to ruin the economy. 
·    Constant  state of war- rome always had to suppress rebellions and  had to fend itself from enemies. This constant state of war helped decline rome.


KINDA  SOUNDS FAMILIAR RIGHT….? THESE ARE THE SAME ISUES THE U.S.A IS GOING 
THRU RIGHT NOW.








So will it fall...?
Sadly, I strongly believe America is the new Rome of the Modern Age; Just like the Romans were powerful and declined so will America. History always repeats itself.

                                       (link of video link on the reason why we will fall )




America: The New Modern Rome;The demise.

America was founded on the greatest ideas any country could ever ask for; Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our whole function of our government revovled and was the Constitution. The Constitution promised us  our God given right to be free and the protection for the people from the government. It was  the suprume law of the land. Today's news shows you that the constitution is no longer in power. With the singing of the Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the Trespass bill all of our rights have been stripped away. These bills are the start of what is to come....Facsims.




America has been spiraling down this path of no return. Just as the Romans were, all powerful and great and the super power of the world. Their greed, unmoral, constant war-state, and corruption got the best of them; History always repeats itself.
The corruption of the U.S.A gov is even worse of Rome itself. The bailling out of corrupted banks on wall street with tax payer money. The slashing of domestic policy that is vital to the majority of Americans. The mass media propagagandaPro-war coverage. The death of innocent civilans from around the world because of U.S.A foreign policy (which is under the clock of "spreading democracy''). Eventually, everything corrupted and evil ALWAYS comes to an end. History will repeat itself.

AMERICA IS THE NEW ROME! 



3 comments:

  1. Brian Brewer
    Team 3

    After reading your post, I found it interesting that we have similarities in our reasoning in comparing the U.S to the Rome Empire through the military and the corruption within the both governments. I really think that it is very hard not to say the U.S is heading down the same path.

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  2. After reading your post and also having the same topic as you i have to agree with you on the fact that America is the new Roman Empire. We also cant ignore the very obvious signs that America is begining to suffer the same fate as rome. For example just like rome america is a country built off of the misfortune of others and just like rome is now being plauged with the same problems that brought Rome to its knees. Dont get me wrong i love America and its a great country but we are not different from any other civilization that has been and has fallen nothing lasts forever so we are destined to fall just like Rome.

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