Decadence is due to: Too long a period of wealth and power, selfishness, love of money (and) the loss of a sense of duty. Do these not define America at the end of 2014? Glubb says the 250-year average of empires has not varied in 3,000 years, but we dont learn from history because our studies are brief and prejudiced. He means they are mostly about ones own country. It will take more than a new Congress in 2015 and a new president in 2017 to save us from the fate of other empires. It will take a revival of the American spirit, and that can only come through changed attitudes towards our institutions and each other.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:19:32 +0000
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