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Re: Rome and the US.
The world is so completely different today than it was then I don't think it makes any sense to try and template the new onto the old. When the western half of the Empire collapsed that part of the world entered into the Middle ages and from it came feudalism.
Even if you were going to think of the rise, decline and fall of Rome as a template for the USA where would we be? We'd be in the Republic stage. Back in the 100s BC or further back. With half a millenium of empire ahead. But when the Roman Republic fell it occured when Rome was a rarity in the world. Most systems of government at the time were just ruling families passing rule on through descent. Today, the world is becoming democratic. There has been an explosion of democratic reforms in the world the past two centuries.
For all that we perceive as huge differences, the modern first world is becoming more and more similar today. Liberal democracy with big social nets. A much richer world increasing standards of living.
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