"Holy Augustan crap, this place is fucked!"
Anonymous Greek writer commentating on Nero's Rome.
Whenever I read about the debate surrounding America's debt crisis and illegal immigration, some of the logic used blows my mind. What a useless piece of crap mentality to think raising ceilings is a way to manage a major problem. It's a sign either the men and women of leadership are clueless or know the gig is up. It's not even close to any kind of solution.
It's completely retarded, yes I use the 'R' word, to listen to the banal lack of logic people use in disregarding the basic laws of the land when it comes to illegal immigration. They conflate upholding a law with racism somehow.
It's officially acting like a banana republic. I know, Canada sometimes plays the part to perfection.
America has lost its moral and legal compass it seems. Seriously, as a Canadian watching from afar like a Greek did during Roman times, America has lost its fucking mind and balls. It's to the point where they'd argue what flavour yogourt to eat- and that's exactly what the political masters want.
The malaise is not divided along political lines, it's much larger than that.
It's literally a shame to witness.
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America was once a republic. Now it defines itself as a democracy. A democracy on its own means jack shit. Like Rome past from a glorious republic to empire giving birth despotic emperors, America has seemed to have crossed a similar Rubicon.
Can a society accept despotic rule without even noticing? I ask you friendly readers.
Can it recapture its once proud eminence?
One may argue no empire has ever fallen and come back. None. Zilch. This is true as far as I can tell. Some manage to remain moderately relevant though: England, France and Italy in particular. Ancient lands that witnessed periods of greatness and Imperial power that have participated in the modern world.
Hoewever, there's one thing America has going for it: Demographics. It also continues to attract immigrants while birth rates are stable, it's also fairly innovative and growth hasn't collapsed just yet. It still has a fighting chance to defy the patterns of history.
Personally, if it doesn't, I'd sooner want to see it go the way of Atlantis (I assume, of course, it existed somewhere between Crete and Southern Spain) rather than watch it whimper and whither into nothingness with the rest of Western civilization.
Go down guns blazing for crying out loud and then, bloop!
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