Fat Lady Sings
The Crash of '09, the collapse of '10
"It’s not easy to comprehend the collapse of an empire or a superpower. When termites are eating away at their vitals for years one cannot see it. People are too much in thrall of their power, wealth and panoply. Thus when the collapse comes it seems sudden, and takes people by surprise. “I went to sleep last night and when I woke up next morning the Soviet Union was gone.” The most powerful war machine ever built couldn’t save it. Remember the British Empire on which “the sun would never set”? It set so firmly that only six decades later Britain is not only bankrupt, it has become America’s appendage, a third rate power and could itself disintegrate soon with Scotland seceding. The history of the world is replete with the demise of civilizations, empires and superpowers. The graveyards of nations are full of their bones."
"It’s not easy to comprehend the collapse of an empire or a superpower. When termites are eating away at their vitals for years one cannot see it. People are too much in thrall of their power, wealth and panoply. Thus when the collapse comes it seems sudden, and takes people by surprise. “I went to sleep last night and when I woke up next morning the Soviet Union was gone.” The most powerful war machine ever built couldn’t save it. Remember the British Empire on which “the sun would never set”? It set so firmly that only six decades later Britain is not only bankrupt, it has become America’s appendage, a third rate power and could itself disintegrate soon with Scotland seceding. The history of the world is replete with the demise of civilizations, empires and superpowers. The graveyards of nations are full of their bones."
posted by nolocontendere at 8:35 PM
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Actually, it's beginning to look more and more like the British managed to extend their imperial influence into the US govt by way of the federalist party and its Machiavellian deceivers. Of course, there's really no stopping all the wealthy spoiled brats from taking sides with them, and so now, we have an American-based empire to replace the British one, just 2 centuries later.
I've heard the British empire never did die, it just morphed into the american with the center of power just transferring from London to Washington. I think there's some arcane laws and insignias and other stuff that supports that, but who knows? We're being lied to so much anything's possible.
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