If we are Rome, then should we still try?

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I thought this was interesting. Most of the things (there's plenty) that led to the fall of Rome have/are still happening in America. So do you believe we are Rome, and if so, can we ever rebuild this country?
 
As the great historian Will Durant pointed out, "it took longer for Rome to fall than most other civilizations ever lived." Rome lasted a thousand years. During her tumultuous history there were many times when it appeared that she was about to "fall." However, new leaders and movements arose to "right" the capsizing "ship and state" enabling her to sail smoothly again for generations or even centuries.

Students of America history can find some solace from the trauma of the present by reflecting on how crisis in our own past were overcome. Perhaps we may be at the dawn of a new progressive age. A new American can be built, but it is going to take great effort from us all.
 
you have to try if you love your country. And you don't know the future so you can't be sure what happened to rome will happen to america.
 
No I don't think the US is Rome.

Nor do I think you can compare the US and the Roman Empire. Nor the world today to the world 2000 years ago. Besides, the US is much more powerful than waht the Roman Empire ever was. The Romans were the hegemonic power only on the euro-mediterranean part of the world, whilst the US is the hegemonic power on the whole world. Of course, every dominant power is doomed in the long term. No one rules the world forever. After America, others will come. But America will not fall apart into pieces and dissapear from the history as the Roman Empire did. There will always be America, although one year it will ceased to be the dominant power that it is now. Like all the others that came before America.
 
No I don't think the US is Rome.

Nor do I think you can compare the US and the Roman Empire. Nor the world today to the world 2000 years ago. Besides, the US is much more powerful than waht the Roman Empire ever was. The Romans were the hegemonic power only on the euro-mediterranean part of the world, whilst the US is the hegemonic power on the whole world. Of course, every dominant power is doomed in the long term. No one rules the world forever. After America, others will come. But America will not fall apart into pieces and dissapear from the history as the Roman Empire did. There will always be America, although one year it will ceased to be the dominant power that it is now. Like all the others that came before America.
 
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