The American Empire

German philosopher Hegel (1770-1831) said,  that just because men and women learned about the past, that didn't mean they'd make better decisions about the future. 

He once cynically commented, "What experience and history teach us is this—that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."

Years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, America towered over the world as a great giant—economically, culturally and militarily destined empire.

Now, twenty years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, its armed services have clashed with the forces of Islamic extremism and terrorism in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the world. 

Today they are being marshalled in Washington, DC to protect the politically connected elites

If that weren't bad enough, the worldwide economic crisis has laid the country low with high unemployment, an immense federal government deficit, rising inflation and depressed home values. 

Other challenges loom ahead, flowing from the European Union's growing political and economic integration and failure from that integration, Russia's increased strength and assertiveness, and China's rapid economic, industrial and military growth.

We have an unending pandemic used by the powerful liberal elites to control what is left of America's hope.

Great empires in the past, such as those of Britain, Spain, Rome, Persia, Babylon and Egypt? Is America' s future more secure than theirs was?

Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1987), a highly honored British general and historian better known as Glubb Pasha, wrote about the collapsed empires of the past. 

His 1978 book The Fate of Empires and the Search for Survival, he described a common pattern fitting the history of some fallen empires. They went through a cycle of stages as they started, expanded, matured, declined and collapsed.

Does the pattern apply to America today? Has the United States entered this cycle's ending stages? If so, shouldn't Americans critically examine the current state of their culture to see what could be done to prevent the same grim fate?

By knowing history better, we can better project our likely national futures. As the great British Prime Minister and noted historian Winston Churchill observed, "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."

The stages are:

1. Outburst

2. Conquest

3. Commerce

4. Affluence

5. Intellect

6. Decadence

7. Collapse

It is obvious we are beginning stage 7, the liberal elites would have us believe men can have babies, borders need not exist and government can provide everything for everyone.

We shall see,