How Empires Fall and Why the US is Next
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Every empire falls, no matter how long they reigned and how far their rule stretched. So is the empire we’re living under today - the US Empire - also crumbling?
There are three symptoms of its impending demise that we can see from looking to the past.
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The people with 99 donuts convinced the people with 1 donut that the people with 0 donuts are the greedy ones trying to steal donuts..
YOU FROLIC IN IGNORANCE AND SEE EVERYTHING IS SIMPLE. YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!
How are the donuts made?
@@BoycottChinaaThrough the means of production
@@BoycottChinaa by the people and definitely not by the "hard work" of the 1 percent 😭🙏
@@dullguy_ seems like they should just make themselves donuts, if that is the case
This is why history is so important to be taught and not selectively omitted by ANYONE!
Understanding history is important not just to aid critical analysis of the present but also as a personal enrichment exercise. That said, it is huge - it's literally the entirety of human existence up until now. It is impossible to not selectively teach/learn it and somebody must do the selecting.
I adore the study of history and wish more people felt the same, but realistically I don't think our problems are down to the selective teaching of history in modern public education. Modern syllabuses, particularly in the UK, make a good, though imperfect, attempt to cover most important material.
Some people are not interested in learning anything. The more ignorant people are, the easier to con- trol.
Biases cause the selectivity. One cannot be unbiased in the retelling of history, but you can however determine the biases and whom they benefit the most.
the problem is history is written by the winners
@@antonioramos8804it’s hard to learn these days because it’s hard to find the truth 😂😂 look at the middle class and poor voting for Trump. Idc what you say. Something is wrong if they voted for Trump
“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt”
“Give them fast food and streaming services and they will never revolt”
Very interesting
😂
give them religion and "the other" and they will not revolt.
@@Andre-qo5ek religion has made the world better im afraid
@@Case_of_tech Yeah right, look at where we are!
Remember. None of these empire thought they would ever fall but one by one they did
Yep. Every single one of them thinks they're the exception to the rule and they're gonna go on forever. Until they didn't.
america isn't even an empire to start with lol
Or at least that they would be alive when it did fall, which is all that matters to the powerful/wealthy.
@@alexjones9038if it smells like an empire…
@@alexjones9038id call it a corporate empire
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." - Martin Luther King
And you know where the money comes from... you will be surprised, America is a printing press out of thin Air...
The nation is Spirituality stillborn. It was never there to begin with.
He'll
Roman at its decline is now repeating itself here in the once great USA.
@aletaadams86 When was the USA ever great? Our nation began with a war and we've been fighting wars ever since, never spending enough on social programs, just on the military, even when out of war. Where is this great america people seem to love making up in their heads?
Completely untrue
Saddest part is that the most vulnerable will bear the brunt of the collapse
100% Fact.
The most vulnerable will also be the heartbeat that destroys the empire, just as the Capitalists in the Mayan kingdoms found out.
You are exactly correct. That is the worst part and people should try to organize around mutual aid support in every community that they live because we KNOW that the hardest hit will be the lower classes, the working class and the other vulnerable populations, not the extreme rich.
We need to build together a better society that can replace capitalism.
Local production cooperatives to meet local needs, collaborate best practice ideas across the world, in a secure and safe manner. Use a platform that allows for decentralized local control but national and international collaboration, like The Zeitgeist Movement, One Small Town initiative or Mutual Aid Network.
@@coolioso808 That's called Socialism my friend, that's why the ultra rich demonize it every day and why they refused to trade with socialist nations, because they're afraid that the people will realize just how sustainable and beneficial it is.
As Socialism believes that the power should be with the people, for the benefit of people, it becomes easier for public businesses to exist, which increases the amount of competition in the economy, which means lower prices as those businesses price to compete with corporations, forcing corporations to lower their prices. Less competition means maximized price gouging.
All those people pouring across our borders look pretty dark to me. You got to warn them to stay out of this racist hellhole. Maybe you should join them in the paradise they came from
The richest man in Rome, Crassus, owned the majority of real estate within the city of Rome. He amassed all of that real estate because fires were very, very common in the city, and because there was no public fire department, he had a private fire department that would be dispatched to burning buildings and offer to put out the fire in exchange for ownership of the building...they would either give ownership of the building to Crassus or let it burn. That always seemed to have a uniquely American vibe to that
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Institutes were created for us to learn, not to hurt people, enter hacker sites, and make people do whatever we want. This is shameful.
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Institutes were created for us to learn, not to hurt people, enter hacker sites, and make people do whatever we want. This is shameful.
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Institutes were created for us to learn, not to hurt people, enter hacker sites, and make people do whatever we want. This is shameful.
It's kind of disgusting how you live in our country and yet you have such a low opinion of what it means to be American.
@@Mr.KnuckolasCage He lives here, that's why he has such low opinion of America.
As a 26yo American, it’s depressing living here. Knowing how it thrives before you were born, and knowing it’ll never be the same. I can barely afford to pay my rent and buy groceries
Feel for you. Come to Europe, you're welcome here!
We need socialism
@mattiarubio3240shh, that’s a scary word in America
What sucks is no matter how bad the rulers of the USA get, it lands squarely on the shoulders of its citizens in the world’s eyes.
They may hate what the country does, but instead of blaming the government, or whatever, it’s, “YOU FUCKING LAZY STUPID YANKS! You deserve to suffer! YOU’RE evil! YOU’RE greedy!”
So after suffering at the hands of your own system of governance and having nobody on your side, you get to go online daily and see from everyone **NOT** in the USA and see how much more moral they are and how better than you they must be for your for choosing to be born in the wrong part of the planet on purpose.
Keep in mind whenever you hear non-Americans shit on the USA, it’s not the evil systems they’re after, it’s the every day people. In fact, if the government decided to start imprisoning every possible American citizen, suddenly the world would love America again.
@@MrSvante88come to Europe? You mean the same Europeans that created USA 😂😭😭 are you joking right now
Idk what's worse. Having billionaires running the country or people putting their faith in one to literally become their president.
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with how the U.S. government works. Elon is not our President. He can only make recommendations to Trump. Trump then has to decide whether to adopt them. Trump may have to persuade Congress to approve the recommendation.
If you hate billionaires just because they are billionaires, I suggest you stop using any personal computers (you will be limited to main frames if you can afford one) and cell phones and Windows and office softare. BTW stop having coffee at Starbuchs, that miserable buy who become a millionaire selling coffee should get one more dime.!
Both major parties are corrupt tho
Propaganda is a powerful tool
They always have, and in the US there's even a legal mechanism to do so: lobbying.The only difference is that they are open about it noways. Or maybe the fall of traditional media (controlled by them, even state ones) also helped in that regard.
Also, in a twisted sort of way, we have to thank clowns like Elon Musk for showing billionaire's true colors.
@RcsN505lol😂 not all billionaires are bad
The USA needs to learn the hard way. It’s so sad to say but we need to. So many Americans are so blind feeling untouchable.
Sadly. After all, they rely on their own delusional and unrealistic views, which has been emboldened by technology such as television (especially new outlets such as Fox News and CBS) and the Internet (especially social media). We over-rely on our very little bubbles that is our own homes and the echo chambers that we can choose that we need to be brought back into reality.
Well said, you're absolutely right ✅️
It's called narcissism
The last four years was crap and the whole historical reference to falling western civilization represents Biden’s time in office and can’t believe y’all are so blind by the ruin of white woke America. This video is obviously biased af. I’m glad I turned Republican from being Democrat for so long because you guys only see the superficial problems and have nothing to say about how our country has bigger problems other than “we hate orange man. He is a felon. Orange man is satan. Orange man is hitler and republicans are nazis. Republicans are a cult. If you don’t vote for the female poc, then you’re a misogynist and racist” Which is the usual brainless democrat thinking and that’s why more have turned Republican and voted Trump.
@@KMartin-t4rdefine narcissism. Y’all use it so freely like words “racist” & anything-“phobic”
US is toast. Not because of Trump and Musk but because of all the AMERICANS that aren't repulsed by those two halfwits.
I don't think it's right to assume that everyone who voted for trump is some terrible person. There are definitely people who are terrible, but those are a vocal minority. Everyone else is just ignorant. Either they really believe they're gonna change the country, or they're more or less indifferent, because they don't think these changes will affect them. Just look at how many people searched "can I change my vote" into Google after the election.
halfwits is awfully generous. I give musk a fifth at best, and trump a 20th on a generous day.
They have billions you have squat your the half wit
LOL... Thank you for that very good laugh.
😂😅
That’s not the only issue, people are clinging to hope which is why they go as far as to support a necessary evil, almost like selling your soul per se.
Love how real the message of this vid is. You can hate in this all you want but it's knowledge of history, diplomacy and development that teaches us to signal when this happens. And it always does.
"There is no greater disaster than greed."
- Lao Tzu
Modern edit: "There is no greater disaster than monetary-market capitalism."
Yes that's why ban immigrants and support local native Americans
And no circumcised
Why do you think you have food? I know some farmer loved you so much he worked hard all day so you could eat. He did it because of greed . Greed is great it’s why you can eat amongst other things. Stupid ignorant lazy & stupid is no way to go through life red doesn’t doper baby
@@charlescasaburi5333 Desire is not greed. Greed is an excess and corruption of desire. Stupid ignorant & lazy seems to be your way of going through life.
@@charlescasaburi5333 there's a difference between greed and wanting to make a living .
I like your use of fruit, a delicious snack that no matter when you pick it, and how ripe and vibrant it is, it will rot, it will always rot.
Yes! Its like a still life painting, the fruit looks beautiful, it symbolizes life because it brings us life. But it also symbolizes the inevitability of death, fruit isnt immortal. Its only ripe for a short period before it grows mold and rots.
Well, everything is transitory .. the universe itself is in a transitory state .. everything is in decay, and the sooner you come in terms with it, the better
Everything ends, it is the nature of things. Entropy will always win.
@@creatrixZBD Well until jesus returns.
@@brandonrobinson3829 i hope whatever you believe is true for you. I subscribe to no gods, personally.
Nobody should be shocked by this. A civilisation never lasts forever. American decline was always going to happen, we just happen to be the ones that are watching the beginning of the fall.
We passed the point where a civilization can be destroyed by building nuclear weapons. Any nation capable of ending ALL of humanity won't exactly fade. Look at Russia for example, their economy and standard of living is awful, but they will ALWAYS be a scary world power. Because they can end it all for everyone with the push of a button. America can too.
@@2livenoob comment makes no sense
American led rule of the entire world has only begun. Our destiny is to harvest the power of the stars.
I think it’s not just America. It’s also Europe and in generel the entire industrialized world.
The reason: Those countries (so countries like China, USA, Russia, Japan, UK, Germany, France and even India) have all declining birthrates.
In just a few years the retirement system in those places will not work anymore or generally speaking - those societies will not be able anymore to finance themselves since there are to many old - and to few young ppl.
This drags down a lot of countries - a lot of states - as we know them.
What happens if a society is reaching peak-population no one really knows. Anyways there are some grounds to believe that a very strange pheanomenon called „the behavioral sink“ is about to be happing (or is already in action).
@@2livenoob True. I watched a video of why
"'America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedom it will be because we destroyed ourselves.' -- Abraham Lincoln. HELLO!
I'm literally in a situation where I have to choose between going broke just to make sure I'm not dying from my autoimmune disorders, or keep barely living hoping I don't get any crazy news once I actually CAN afford to get checked. It's so messed up. I live in fear every day that I'll be too late to save myself. It's a reality I face because none of my family can afford it.
Autoimmune disorders are tricky to handle.
If you are an American citizen, I hope you are getting Social Security, food stamps, and Medicare. No one should starve here due to an illness.
if you're a GOOD person, with liberal and progressive views and with a willingness to collaborate with a diverse community rather than champion divisiveness... I'd welcome you to Canada. Otherwise, I'm afraid you voted against your own best interests.
Rough. But that really has nothing to do with a "collapse of an empire" scenario. Especially when the US has always had issues like that before.
@@Matthew_LoutnerMedical debt is the number one cause of personal bankruptcy.
@@stephenjenkins7971It has everything to do with empire collapse. What's going to counter the newest wave of tax cuts? What's going the feed the new wars? Austerity. Not for the Owners, of course. Just us poor shits.
"America can never be conquered by a foreign army. It can only by conquered from within " - Abraham Lincoln
Cmon bro. Isreal runs this country. For a long time.
Time traveling to stop John Booth and makes Lincoln live anymore, See how great the quotes. 👍
usa takes in the most immigrants
more than russia, australia, brazil..
education , sports matter , and to hell with the corporate media
russia
Empires are generally always destroyed by themselves.
Came to listen to the commentary while I crocheted, but could barely get a stitch in because of how beautiful this editing was. 11/10
Pure paranoia. YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right?? I got goosebumps a couple of times, just because of the editing. Great work on this video!
@@sazimarroquin YOUR PARANOIA IS PERFECT! BUT YOU ARE POOLY INFORMED. DO YOU GET YOUR INFO FROM PARANOIDS LIKE THIS DUDE?
Same!
Wow, all of that just to support terrorist organization like Hamas?! US and EU countries never stopped supporting civilians in Gaza by all kind of funds. Even when Izrael closed borders, trucks with goods prepared for civilians were waiting for borders to reopen. When they were open again first people to sieze the goods were ppl from Hamas. And those, your heroes, were selling this goods to other people, that should have recieved it FOR FREE! At the same time, all people in the US did not start protests for support of Palestine - just leftists and some part of middle political spectrum voters. Thats about 50 % of the population. Where is your "all people went to streets"? Thats simply lie.
And in the end - US have so many bases, because US can simply afford that. Even though it is a lot of money, its still rather small percentage of US budget. Whereas during the fall of USSR, its military was dependent on the biggest piece of pie of the budget at that time. You are tossing strong opinions without giving any context. Those fast conclusions are dangerous and you know it. but you still love to spread it, which does not make you any better person then "they" are. Interestingly enough, I share a lot of opinions with you, but living in the country which was invaded by russians in the past and is about to be invaded again, I will rather side to "BAD US" than to Russia and China. Unfortunately my country is too poor to afford good enough military, so support from US is more than welcome in here.
Funfact is that Trump is all in for Europe to secure its own borders on its own, which means less US military presence. So... are you gonna support him now? Funfact2: Yes US is losing its soft power to influence us and other countries, because there is too much woke agenda going on in Hollywood. In Europe we laugh at woke propaganda in movies - we laugh to black people being put everywhere to the roles they dont belong to and same goes for putting women, or trans to these roles. We simply like to watch movies where it feels more natural - we dont mind black people, women and trans, BUT IT CANT BE FORCED and placed in its roles by force. Like black king of England, black Cleopatra, or black Joan of Arc. Showing such bullshit is how you lose soft power in Europe, because we are not stupid, we know our history very well and same goes for this video.
With Trump and Elon Musk in power, that fall is inevitable.
Elon musk?? He just makes cars and cool guy what do you mean
@haidara77You can't be serious my guy.
Elon literally has full access to the treasury.
Billionaires control this government, they are not hiding it.
@haidara77Hello 12 year old
@haidara77 watch the movie don't look up.
You want to be great? Get rid of billionaire influence within your government.
Oh, is that all? Thanks, man, empire restored.
@ Not the empire but maybe your country.
Good idea...can't believe we never thought of that!!
I am loving the hypocrisy in this comment section. You try to change a system designed to make critical thinkers and patriots / terrorists and crazy people ! 😂
why the fall of US along with the fall of white population?
I was born in 1941. My dad was spared going to war. We lived the American dream. My dad was in a union and paid well. We had new houses which my dad built. We lived in a mixed middle class neighborhood,ie union workers, lawyers, butcher, carpenters, insurance brokers, etc. we all owned our own home. Life was beautiful for white Americans at least. In 1968 everything changed with the Vietnam war and Nixon and then Ronald Reagan. The American dream was finally over with the rise of the oligarchs and tax cuts for the wealthy. By the early 2000s I knew Eisenhower was right about the rise of the military industrial complex draining our tax coffers and buying politicians. So sad to see so few people destroying our economy bc of greed and lack of empathy for the working poor and the homeless.
So you're saying the Republicans destroyed our country what about the Democrats they're worse
_"By the early 2000s I knew Eisenhower was right about the rise of the military industrial complex draining our tax coffers and buying politicians."_
To keep 'Murica as the world's police in places like Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine and Yugoslavia etc. Not to forget home soil in Cuba, Grenada and Chile etc.
@victorsamsung2921 America has been a pretty gentle ruler for the most part. ..... compared how history has shown other empires and civilizations to behave when welding tremendous power.
Am I saying it's perfect? Absolutely not, but you have to be intellectually honest, AND look at the big picture.
Citizen's United destroyed much.
@@queefmicester1189they have been at war for over 220 years.
If corruption was your making, it will be your undoing
Corruption is the main and most long lasting element in the US
At this point it's a tradition.
@ fair point
Corruption began after it was infiltrated. Lobbyists.
Corruption, in one way or another, has been part of the making of every nation in the world, so I don’t know what you talking about
selfishness (AKA satanism) is "The American Way."
This video is absolutely beautiful. Love the visuals, one of the best-looking video essays I've seen
I'm a kiwi living in nz. My brother is in the nz navy. Something interesting he said is that the nz navy, the Australian navy, Japanese navy, and Indian navy who he's all worked with, heavily dislike the American navy and soldiers because of their ego, their gung-ho shoot first ask questions later approach, and as my brother put it, "they love to kill". America's military do not at all put on a good show for the world to see...
There are quite a few trigger-happy people in the US military.
Not just the US military but also the police. Trigger happy.
Maybe that's why we're the most badass country on the planet. 🇺🇸
Enjoy your country for our sake, as an American and kiwi hopeful sometime this year, you New Zealanders are far luckier than us
No. Did you remember Black Lives Matter several years ago. US is not badass. It's a rotting country. @@Mr.KnuckolasCage
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
People like Keanu Reeves proves that wrong.
There are less religious people in the United States as it declines, I don’t understand your point.
@@davidwest3056majority of ppl have a conscience is what he means. Open ur mental ears
The religious people are the ones driving the decline. Or haven’t you noticed all the charlatans and evangelical nutters in power.
@@davidwest3056anyone who relay on a lifestyle that doesn’t revolve around capitalism(money) then you won’t care what decisions the rich make as long as you have food, shelter and a job to maintain the food and shelter. If you want to be truly democratic and political then everyone will do the same and later on everyone will demand more because they’re contributing to the country and they’re not receiving what they deserve for their efforts which then would result in a series of protests and eventually a revolution(war). If you are truly religious you won’t care about everything i just said and you won’t care weather the country talks about your religion or not because you only care about god and your life of course that goes without saying and before you say a religious man would fight if a church is destroyed, that is absolutely out of the question no country in the world would demolish a church for no reason unless another religion is involved. You just said that religion is declining in America and because of that America is falling apart, If you are truly religious then there will be no revolution. You basically answered your own question
Im not trying to say you are wrong im just clarifying what the top comment said and im clarifying your own comment. No offense intended.
It’s called, the American Dream, because, you got to be, Asleep to believe it. - George Carlin
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My dad keeps telling me, nothing will happen to the U.S it's too big, it's too important...and I keep thinking: "Rome didn't fall...until it fell"
Well, the romans lived on in some form until 1453. The roman republic started around 509 BC. The roman empire nearly collapsed but then they turned around and prospered for centuries. It is hard to compare with the romans, it was a different time. I think you are too quick to write off the US. There are signs of decay, sure, and immediately everyone think the sky is falling. Who would you rather see take their place? As it is right now? I will stick with the americans, even most regrettably the orange guy.
As a citizen of the US I just hope that as the empire falls the people of the world understand that I do not condone what my government has done.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW YORK TIMES AND END YOUR PARANOIA, IGORANCE AND DISINFORMATION. EVERYTHING IS FINE, BUT YOUR INSECURITY BREEDS.....
The people of the world will be too busy being occupied by the next empire, likely China, than to be worried about you. There will ALWAYS be an empire.
And that’s why it fell to begin with
Yes but you sit back and do nothing that makes us just as guilty
How ironic. I wonder if it would have done the citizens of Hiroshima or Nagasaki any good to have said that same thing. Or any foreign citizen who has fallen victim to the U.S. Military Industrial Complex.
$15 is not a liveable wage. Not even in Texas. It's outrageous that some employers think it's okay to offer LESS than $15 / hour for work. Eat the rich.
It is, if you work two jobs. :-)
@@lepidoptera9337 I know that's a joke but in light of people starving/dying, I don't think it's particularly funny. Nobody should have to work more than one job to survive. I work one full time job and a part time job. I am doing okay financially but I know many of my friends are not.
@@lepidoptera9337 Also the min wage is literally still 7.25, even with two jobs, it's not livable.
@@mewfortwo I didn't mean to make a joke, actually. I apologize for the smiley. I automatically put that at the end of almost all of my posts. It has become a bad habit, but I agree that it is not appropriate in this case.
It's simply a fact that people on minimum wage who don't have a support network (like parents or a partner who has a better paying job) have to work two jobs in one way or another. Realistically I can't see how else one can survive in the US. I also agree with you that working oneself to an early grave should be a thing of the past, but it is not.
There would be ways for society to solve this even while maintaining minimum wage work, which is important for some sections of the economy... e.g. by providing affordable housing, healthcare and education to give people at least a fighting chance at upward mobility. At least that is what I think... but you can be sure that nobody takes me seriously around here. I am a humanist, after all, which is worse than being a communist.
You can’t eat us if you can’t afford the knife
There is a saying in ancient India
"You might want to win everything, but you will only win some things. When greed and arrogance make you want it all, you end up losing everything you've already achieved. This leads to self-destruction."
History has shown that great empires have fallen because of greed, arrogance, and selfishness.
I believe this is the same for empires, religion, and everything.
It's time for people to learn from the past."
This is also true for Indian modi government, he wanted to grab all its neighboring countries but ended up losing all, last one was Bangladesh. Lesson of history is that no one learns anything from history.
Hi Kush. Well said. Cheers, P.R.
It’s always intriguing to explore the dynamics of history and the rise and fall of empires. The discussion around why empires, including the United States, might face challenges can be both thought-provoking and sobering. It’s essential to consider the lessons from the past while also recognizing the resilience and adaptability that nations can exhibit.
But did you know in JUNE 2023, PM Modi and PM Netanyahu made a deal to *REPLACE ALL GAZA WORKERS WITH INDIAN VISANS!?* That's what 7OCT Intifado was about! REPLACEMENT BY STARVATION! _All the workers in S ls'real - N Gaza Cleanup-to-Condos are IN'DIANS!_ [Hindustan Times] *DoGE - Department of Greedy Entrepreneurs will OFFSHORE 3,000,000 FedGov administrative services jobs TO lN'DIA!* Offshoring is already $200,000,000,000 a year scam!!
Not all that pithy is it?
I think this is one of the best videos I've watched on politics / recent events, the format is so appealing, it's easy to understand, i loved it
I've been preaching this message near 50 years. Videos like this encourage me that there are still a lot of people that have not been put to sleep or actively joined the dark side.
We're all waking up
Trying myself to wake people up,
Are you... a Jedi?
You’ve been saying the empire is almost collapsing for 50 years? Do you think maybe you’re wrong?
@@85ddrummer to be fair, it is a pretty big "empire" so i guess it would take a lote time ://, and thing may start breaking before people catch on on it ig
I don't want to live in an Empire. Not a successful one, not a crumbling one. I want to live in a regular country, where people just live and interact. Without a lot of terribly wealthy people to drive prices up and cause traffic jams. If I can get that I will ignore your annoying habits and you will ignore mine, see you in the grocery store and the laundry.
It’s the basic requirement- be kind to each other.
"I want to live in a regular country" - other countries don't want to be just a regular country, they want supremacy and to dominate over others and will conquer and slaughter by the millions to achieve that, and they might do that to you. And what if there are no powerful countries to defend you because almost every country became a regular country?
"Without a lot of terribly wealthy people to drive prices up and cause traffic jams" - Actually prices aren't only affected by rich people. It's more to do with supply and demand which can be affected by natural disasters, recession, and a country wanting supremacy and conquering everything. Also, by taking away the ability to generate wealth, aren't you taking away their right to happiness?
As for the traffic jams, poor people own cars too, middle class own cars too. So, I don't think rich people alone are responsible for traffic jams.
"I will ignore your annoying habits and you will ignore mine" - some people simply won't ignore you.
God damn, nicely put ma dude o7 and op also forgets that there are a lot of ppl who want to live în an empire.
You’re tricking yourself and letting it happen if you think rich people are the cause of traffic jams. Everything in your head is and will be some one else’s fault. It wouldn’t matter if you got your utopia
Your country had no other choice.
In the end, empires fall because they forget the golden rule: it’s not just about building a great empire; it’s about keeping it together without turning it into a soap opera!
what does this statement even mean? "turning it into a soap opera"?
Or a dumpster-fire out of control like another trump administration...
Yeahhh that’s not the golden rule at all lol
@@bastetowl3258 I kinda suspect this poster is a bot or something that says profound sounding things that actually have no content and makes you roll your eyes really hard 😂
Greed too
Those who do not know their history are condemned to repeat it.
Rome: bread and games. USA: mcDonalds and nfl football.
Dude, you leave the NFL out of this. The NFL never did anything to you. McDonalds? Meh, go ahead. Spent $18 bucks on a BigMac meal yesterday. Yea, $18 bucks. Insane.
And that means what exactly?
@ Yup.
NFL is a religion for a lot of people (who watch the games from a safe distance). I've had guys treat me with contempt and question my masculinity when I told them I have no interest in it.
@@brianSalem541 "NFL is a religion for a lot of people." Can I get an AMEN!
Money for wars but can't feed the poor? Crazy.
Feed the poor, students, lower middle class. Can't treat anyone who isn't upper middle class if they get sick either
Don't feed the poor, give them jobs ffs.
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Now there's another comment as useless as yours so you won't be alone 🫶🏾
US supported world hegemony saved billions, and let billions more be born. Don't be naive.
And they don't have real enemies. Crazy
No one is on top forever. History tells us this, but every country ignores history and thinks it knows better and that it won't happen to them, and the result is always the same - they fall. It'll happen to the USA and, in fact, it's happening now, just slowly, as it always does in history. Cheers.
Exactly. There are plenty of people(even in the comments) who keep telling us collapse isn't happening and america will go on forever. And i'm like "Yeah, I'm sure the british and the romans also thought their empire would last forever."
The most apt description that can be applied is that people who think nations can't fall apart are also the ones who've never seen their food rot in their lives.
@@mindelo23 the irony is that if US was to go on for ever then there wouldn't be a need to "make America great again"...
Brilliant video! The parallels between the Ottoman subjects’ waning loyalty and the growing disdain for the US amongst its allies is almost poetic. Especially when there is a nut job as president speedrunning it by threatening them all.
We definitely are watching the US fall in real time. We could have avoided this.
YOUR IGNORANCE VALIDATES YOUR PARANOIA. ANY EDUCATION?
I disagree with that. We survived trump for 4 years the first and we’ll survive again another time.
@ if we keep voting in people like Trump the US will fall.
@@channingbloom7125 All the adults in the room that limited the damage Trump could do are gone. Who's going to stop him? SCOTUS is in his pocket. Republicans have the House and the Senate. It's a career death sentence for any Republican who obstructs his agenda, not that there are many left who would even want to. He's going to fire any non-loyal federal employees. He's going to ensure the military is lead by loyalists. Cops are fascists and love him. Republicans have nearly complete control of the federal government and will definitely use their newfound power to tilt elections in their favor. Supreme Court essentially declared Trump above the law. Things are FAR worse this time.
@@channingbloom7125 at this point it’s much bigger than Trump.
Brilliant essay. my mother is sat next to me and she said, "Can you send that to me?"
Man's dirty politics produced capitalism and its culture. The state is a product of capitalism, the state creates a system of social order in the colonies, law in the culture itself. There are two options for hoarding wealth in capitalism, namely using people's tribute for exploitation, colonizing, enslaving other nations and countries, stealing their economy for the benefit of the elite and a little for the people. Or conversely exploit, colonize, enslave their own people, because there is no other nation or country for that. That's why according to Islamic teachings you are allowed to enjoy wealth as long as you obey the economic rules made by God. Those who have the right to pay taxes (zakat) are legally competent people. And natural resources are shared fairly and wisely. The monetary system's politics over currency is a crime against humanity, a product of capitalism, including slavery and the exploitation of humans against other humans. Do you believe in God or do you not believe?!? You already understand that you are still in an era that is darker than the dark era of Europe at that time. Capitalism = evil Capitalism = killing or committing suicide
Sorry, it is crap. A part is true, another part is untrue like "Ukraines war against Russia". The exact opposite is true here.
@@77Tom77Tom77care to say what isn’t true? Instead of making vague statements
@@77Tom77Tom77 It's definitely true. Imagine Mexico decides it's gonna allow a Russian or Chinese base near US borders. US will destroy the country. Why the double standards?
@@77Tom77Tom77 Exactly what do you believe about the Ukraine/Russia conflict?
I love the metaphor for power you use through fruit. Sometimes abundant, sometimes limited and scarce. But ultimately, it will rot from within.
YOUR IGNORANCE IS SO REFRESHING! ANY EDUCATION? POORLY INFORMED PEOPLE GO ONLINE AND SHOW HOW IGNORANT THEY ARE! YOU GO GIRL!
You know what’s craziest, we do have the power to change it…
Yet, "We the People" Chose Trump and his bandwagon of Billionaires in his administration.
Believe it or not, we love to choose destruction.
how?
@ simple. Rebel
I have my popcorns ready. This last season of America is going to be crazy.
Do you mean last season as 2025 or last season trumps 2nd term 2025-2029?
It’s gonna be disappointing as the last season for Game of Thrones
@@Usulutan1978 you think Trump is going to survive for another 4years?
I’m willing to bet he sees a stroke/heart-attack/bullet before then.
@@Usulutan1978the last season has many episodes (or years) give it’s 2-2.5 decades when the last remaining people of real fighting age is left who actually give a fuck about the republic look around the young kids don’t care, they don’t even know what gender they are if you ask half of them. So once the last generation of people who will fight tooth and nail for this country and the ones who went to war last time who has any true combat experience are all gone the nation will be easy to fall shortly after.
Absolutely delusional the USA will continue to reign
I am a child of a family who has been hit hard by everything. My parents can barely afford anything, I feel bad for using up electricity because I don’t want to add to the electricity bill, and we don’t even eat real meals anymore. I just throw some artificial chicken nuggets into the toaster oven and eat that for my meals. And if I’m lucky, maybe some waffles for breakfast. We don’t even do stuff anymore, as in go on vacation, as we can’t afford it. One of my parents has a to work more, especially because the other got laid off their job. And I’m the one left to take care of my younger siblings.
What I’m trying to get to here, is that because of the greedy choices the American government has made, children and other adolescents like me will suffer in the hands of the higher powers. Thanks a lot for making me feel bad when I eat a meal, you politicians.
(Edit: I would LOVE to thank the people in the replies offering support and help. It means the world to me. We’ve actually done some of these suggestions, and we have been able to find cheap food to make our meals with. You guys don’t know it, but once again IT ALL MEANS THE WORLD TO ME! Much love, have a great day! ❤️)
I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. It's heartbreaking to hear stories like these.
When the treasury runs dry, it’s hard to keep the party going. Empires can’t just print more money-unless they want to throw a hyperinflation rave!
Lowkey yeah this is kind of my current situation, my family can barely afford anything and my mother is always trying to save up for groceries and things because it’s literally unlivable at this point. She’s always complaining about it too and I get that, my dad barely makes the average salary on his job since he recently quit his job he’s been doing for years that didn’t even pay him good either and would only give him like 300 dollars which literally means nothing at all compared to the bills we have to constantly pay. I’m only like 15 years old and I wanna try to start working in the summer to help them because life at this point has became so unlivable because we barely have any money. Like the income my dad gets is like lower than average and my mother just got out of surgery so she can’t go to work just yet. We were only able to afford the surgery because of the Medicare that came with my dad’s past job. Buying groceries are just all too much, the average groceries on things you need is probably like 100 dollars or more. The bills here where I live keep going up and up and it stresses me out so bad, I don’t even understand why my dad voted for trump…I know all politicians can be bad no matter on what side but I feel like we should really focus on averaging things and making things a bit more livable, maybe focus on the environment too because it’s already destroyed. I just feel sometimes there are people who promise they are gonna make things better but they don’t, regardless of the side. Everyone is angry and protesting for what is happening and honestly I don’t blame them because you can’t even afford living in a apartment or house, I could see why gen z (people of my generation) wouldn’t want to have kids…like if you can’t even take care of yourself and afford something necessary than why have kids, right? Because it comes with responsibilities too and everything. I try to distract myself with like going to school and not worrying about the inflation and everything going around me but it’s like trying to ignore the elephant in the room if you get what I mean, but yeah I’m goin through the same type of situation as you man. You aren’t alone
If your family needs medical care it is available through Medicaid, if your family need food it is available through food stamps and Aid to Dependent Children. If you family needs housing you may qualify for Section 8 Housing support. Nobody has to starve in the U.S. , and nobody has to live on the street.
Still I am sorry that you are in this situation.
Why did you parents have children they couldn't afford?
BTW, households with a family income of under $50,000 pay virtually no federal income tax.
So as far as all those federal benefits go, your family would getting them for free. My husband and I pay about 40% of our income to the federal government the state government, Medicare, school district, sewer district, etc. We only get to keep 60% but we don't complain.
@@PoisonelleMisty4311 This is truly the only thing that really concern me. Politicians believe that entitlements cant be cut. There is very little in the federal budget other than entitlements, the military and the interest on the debt. I agree that the debt issue is real and dangerous.
"I am sick and tired of billionaires stacking the deck and creating an unlevel playing field that advantages only themselves and exploits regular middle class folk like myself. Thats why I voted for a billionaire who used a $250 million donation from the "richest man in the world" with ropes attached to win the presidential election. He will surely care for us regular folk. Makes all the sense in the world!"
*IRONY, to the Nth degree!!*
"He will surely care for us regular folk." & What evidence do you have for that assertion?
@@tryagain.k1821I think it is sarcasm
@bobfunck6749 Luigi, is that you? 🤨
@@tryagain.k1821 Did you think that comment was serious?
*"An Empire toppled by its enemies can rise again.. But one which crumbles within, that's dead... Forever"* - Zeno
The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
Satan’s promise to pit mankind against each other is real
Unless it is a war within native US soil.
Yeah main idea is to destabilise the country and cripple the economy so they can get resources ,sell guns and military stuff. Winning a war doesnt really make money.
@@donavan835 The US has been at war for decades. On Side A we have the ruling class, the extremely wealthy, the big corporations, the military industrial complex and the christian extremists. Side A also has financial backing from anyone outside the US who is willing to throw them a few dollars (strings attached). On Side B we have everyone else, which is mostly the middle and lower classes. For various reasons, mostly the decline in education standards, many on Side B think Donald Trump is their man. Trump has always been on Side A, and always will be. Is the decline of public education standards, the increase in gun violence, the fentanyl crisis and other factors that are weakening Side B, while enriching Side A via the pharma, health and arms industries, a coincidence? Or engineered? The war will only end with revolution.
Is that a quote?
Many people do not realize how poor the US healthcare system is, leading to millions of deaths because they cannot afford the necessary care. Additionally, a large portion of the world is indifferent to learning about or speaking American English. This is why many Americans are shocked to see how well other countries manage their healthcare systems.
The health care industry is a business in the US rather than a public good, and profits are always good.
You said "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims such that people die because of lack of life saving medical treatment?
How long have you been ignorant?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804You wrote "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims such that people die because of lack of life saving medical treatment?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804You wrote "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for Unitedhealthcare when they deny legitimate claims for life saving medical treatment?
@@squirrelsinjacket1804
You wrote, "profits are always good". Do you think that profits were good for those who sold rancid meat in the days before the FDA? Were profits always good for sale of slaves in the antebellum south? Are profits good for a health insurance company when they deny legitimate claims for life saving medical treatment?
The US has elected the perfect person to accelerate its fragmentation.
A reality tv star celebrity 🤣
As far as I've heard, *_some_* people voted for him for pretty much that reason - because they're _so_ fed up with the system that they want to see it burn.
@@Wolf-ln1ml the problem is that they don't realise they'll burn with him too, but he's probably got a fire extinguisher, and they don't...
@@Wolf-ln1ml well some people are sort of dumb. I highly doubt America isn't going to be a superpower for the rest of this century. America is going against Russia who can't fight and Russia is only good for selling oil, and we got China who wants to invade taiwan in the next 2 years because it's already aware that their military strength has already reached its maximum height and isn't going to reach new heights unless it somehow solves its demographic crisis.
@@Matthew_Loutner "Continue" means that he has already done some work for that. What would that work be then?
America was never the 'shining city on a hill'. It was nightmare wrapped in the illusion of a dream.
Please keep going. This kind of content will help wake up those who are still sleeping.
Those who have ideologically decided that their current direction is the correct one cannot be swayed by evidence to the contrary. Just look at flat earthers.
As a Nicaraguayan, we knew USA was not a beacon of freedom since the 90s.
After what they did to you, duh.
Since Zionists took control of US Government and banks
the 1790s?
Not since 1776 when they had slaves......?
They had slaves there to? Yall weren’t safe anywhere
Rome and Sparta were oligarchies, just like the US, which according to Aristotle is inherently unstable and WILL fall.
True, that is unless the US saves itself by not allowing oligarchs rise to significant power again, such as when Theodore Roosevelt busted the trusts and monopolies during the Progressive Era.
Another thing is, the US is MUCH less oligarchic than that of Sparta and the Roman Republic even still. In the Republic, even voting power itself was determined by your wealth, but it’s equalized in America, which helps it become more stable
@@antiepix9555 more like switches from financial oligarchy to military oligarchy and then back to financial oligarchy
@@antiepix9555 yeah but even electoral politics without economic political power included in that, just creates more oligarchies. We consistently only go half way with revolutions and then wonder why they failed when preventing failure wasn’t the point
@@antiepix9555too late. China has left behind the US on all fronts. They have lost respect and trust from the rest of the world. The US use to hide its hideous chokehold it had on weaker countries. The sanctions, regime changes on governments they don’t like have made the rest of the world detest the US. China is the biggest trading partner of 96% of the world now. China is also severing ties gradually.
You know who is a true oligarchy ? Great Britain and they have been doing just fine throughout history. Us won’t fall anytime soon
OMG love how you make the video, the fruit, the fits according to the empire very nice
Why does this not have million views. This was incredible, and all in 15 minutes. More people need to see this.
Because is just a few e diots that belive in stupidity 😂😂😂😂
To be Fair the video is kinda recent,It was made 2 weeks ago by the time im writing this
@ true, I hope more people see it though
It has 900 K today.
I am going to make a response video here is the tldr: The creators of their video are either entirely clueless and just assumed the history of the Romans and Ottomans, or they made up history just so they can tie it back to the USA.
It’s not just Trump and his little minions, We truly have Reagan to thank for this, his “trickle down economics” were the straw that broke the camels back.
No education makes your paranoia real! YOU GO GIrL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
America has always been a nation built on merchantilism and banking cartels, it's nothing new, we are just seeing the end results of what happens to such a nation when the resources have been totally monopolized. Remember, the founds were merchants, bankers, lenders and plantation owners themselves
Get a life and learn some fundamental econ. There is no such thing as 'trickle down economics" It's a political buzzword, not reality.
@ Okay, first, there is absolutely no reason for you to be rude and condescending in your argument. You can express disagreement without using emotional or disparaging language; this is a basic expectation in adult communication.
Second, your claim that trickle-down economics is "no such thing" seems misguided. Although it may be referred to as a "political buzzword," this label does not negate its factual basis.
Third, "Trickle-down," "Reaganomics," or simply "tax cuts for the wealthy " suggests that policies benefiting the wealthy and businesses-such as tax cuts or deregulation-will eventually lead to economic growth that helps all socioeconomic groups.
In our history, these tax cuts during the Reagan and Trump administrations both showed evidence, found by economists, that the resulting benefits were disproportionately enjoyed by the wealthy while INCREASING income inequality.
So again, you may not like this "buzzword," but that does not make it any less real.
@@kidd_gallahad2512 YOUR STRUGGLE AGAINST IGNORANT FOLKS ON PARANOIA RUclips VIDEOS - IS LONG AND HARD AND THEN YOU DIE AND DOGS PEE ON YOUR GRAVE FOR ETENITY. WHY NOT SUBSCIBE TO THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR $300 AND BE THE MOST WELL INFORMED PERSON IN THE ROOM INSTEAD, DUDE?
People often compare USA to empires of old. But to be honest the world is different and much nuanced one. The best example of what America's collapse would look like, is Britain.
I think much attention isn't paid to what's happening with the Uk at the moment.
Also the collapse could be less drastic, and USA can just stop putting up military bases across the world, and continue thriving economically like Netherlands. Which was once a global empire too, they simply decided to focus internally rather than try to project their might on everyone.
Both are examples of how America can end up. Struggling like the UK, Portugal of Spain. Or soaring like Netherlands
The British Empire never collapsed. The scepter of power was merely passed from mother(England) to son(US).
the u.s. relies on the dollar being not only the world's reserve currency, but also being the currency needed for oil and for basically all international trade. therfore there's a disproportionatly huge international demand for u.s. government debt. when the dollar loses its importance the u.s. will lose their economic power and the government might either go bankrupt or have zimbabwe like inflation. the netherlands are not an option.
The LBC (London Banking Cartel/IMF) Empire Never Fell...it just rebranded and relocated.
Well, do not forget that the Netherlands are a vassal state of the US-Israel tandem. Also, the Netherlands suffers from some of the same issues as the US. I.e. Declining middle class, declining wealth, elite politics, blaming immigration (like in the UK also), declining quality of the educational system, surging ultra right wing sentiment (an ultra right wing party in the government, worse than in the US, btw), surging cost of living, increasing real estate(and rent) prices, beating downward (blaming the vulnerable) in stead of upward, claiming to defend free speech while using force against it. So, it depends on what you call a soaring state. To some people (politicians mostly) it looks more like floating in a cesspool in stead of soaring in the sky. At least, that is what the politicians make it look like. In a way, a self fulfilling prophecy, because in their ardent endeavor to make things better, they actually make it worse. Keep beating downward and see what happens. Crush the base of your society and see what happens.
The only reason why the Netherlands can thrive economically. Is because the US has those military bases all across the world.
The true purpose of those bases isn't to wage world wide war 24/7. The true purpose is to secure and protect international trade routes.
Unless India voluntarily takes on that multi billion dollar responsibility. The U.S. is going to have to keep on spending hundreds of billions to guard that trade.
Brilliant video, very informative without overloading. The imagery is very suiting. I like the examples being made with the fruits and how the narrator is wearing the outfits of the era she is reporting about
When i was a child the amount of times Hollywood lied to me. And me thinking of the American dream my mom would say the dream isn't there anymore. And she is right.
Yes Amanda, Hollywood lied to you. There are no flying elephants.
My American dream has come true. I love America ❤.
@@J无名My country is being eat from within by foreigners and greedy rich. Pray for the average American please and thank you for your support.
Comrade, think how happy you will be when the mean old free peoples are slaves. Then there shall be no need for your insane channel.
get out go find your chinese russian or any other dream then
Oh, the irony of "working class" republicans putting billionaires in office to "save" the country.
The sheep voted for the wolves
as far as I know being a politician requires you to have a considerable ammount of wealth to begin with so, respectfully, liberals or democrats, they vote for the exact same thing anyway, no matter their beliefs
@@frostfl.a.e.m Yes, politicians of any party are generally much richer than the average population. Not to mention 'lobbying' being a perfectly legal form of bribery, wealthy people can engage with in to influence bills.
That being said, there are some pretty clear differences between parties. Just look at the difference between Biden's Cabinet having a net worth of $118M, compared with Trump's Cabinet picks being worth $340B.
@@frostfl.a.e.m Maybe you do but how much is enough ??
Democrats leave office as multi millionaires .. 🤡
It's so fascinating how history just repeats itself over and over again in the life of empires. Yet some countries still insist in this model instead of going for new alternatives
YOUR LACK OF EDUCATION MAKES EVERYTHING SEEM AWESOME! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!
@@martinkent333 looks like grandpa stopped taking his meds again!
What alternative is there? Everyone needs resources that belong to other countries. Why bother trading if you can just take them?
@@picklepoot Uneducated folks frolic in ignorance and these paranoids take the cake and lick the plate clean, Rube. Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@MizanQistina No education eh?
Tomorrow my flag will fly at half mast: in honor of the passing of MLK and the downfall of our leadership, giving the presidency to a convicted felon.
passing of President Jimmy Carter he was a former president thats why the flag is going to be like that after a president dies the flag has to be half mast for 30 days after their passing
Upside down for tRump.
What the hell, they all come out of it as unconvicted felons of a murderous sort.
Better than joe
ok buddy and you were fine with genocide joe cause you are team blue tie
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
And such a people, deprived of the powe to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
Hannah Arendt
SO, YOUR LACK OF EDUCATION MAKES YOU A WINNER? GIVING ADVICE! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!
This was so concise and well put together. I've seen similar video essays that lasted hours that didn't do as good a job of conveying how close we might be to crap hitting the fan than this. The narrator's voice also helps pull you in. It's so calm and welcoming, even though she's basically saying, "lol y'all screwed."
This Video is amazingly well done, a rare gem for YT.
Feels illegal to watch this for free
The US was never the greatest country for black Americans.
ABSOLUTELY 💯 AGREE 👍
Yes it was.... dig deep fam
Black Americans turned their struggle into their salvation. Even in the 90s they lived in crime ridden neighborhoods, so they made a music industry regarding their way of life and profited off it.
@@CYRUSTHAGREAT Ain't no one trying to dig threw a bottomless pit, inside of a black hole 🕳️
GO BACK TO AFRICAN THEN!!! BYEEEEEE
"For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival."
- Fredrick Douglas
Absolutely!
Without a rival? There might be like China or out of the world, aliens from another planet 👽👽👽
@@wazzup233England, germany, spain, france, portugal... they just hide theirs overseas.
@@wazzup233 USA deluded themselves thinking there is no rival. That is USA biggest problem. A big China is ready to prowl on them...
@@wazzup233 Well, on this planet, the US is unmatched in hypocrisy. Don't you think? Revolting barbarity may be a different matter, but what difference does it make? We are guilty of that too.
The real question is, what will the United States look like after it comes falling down?
It will look like Lagos Nigeria....
Hopefully #landback
Desolate
Brazil or Mexico probably
Less relevant, and may be some states get free, like Texas, florida etc
Hi, this is the first video of yours that I'm seeing and I love the treatment of your visuals. It's so different from so many copy/paste video essays I have seen and I've seen a lot. Really appreciate your work, your visual aesthetic, and overall delivery. Loved it all. Liked, subscribed, and I thank you!
Billionaires shouldn't exist. That's right 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The amount of wealth is unreal enough to sustain a bunch of lives
@@niamotullah99 you are right. And those billionaires also get their money by making other people poor.
@@user-ek7xm3hu1w Every time others try to claw their way up they are met with a boot kicking them back down.
Why not? If
someone legally and ethically makes Billions who should be the arbiter over that person's money. The Government that is corrupt?
We just need to Crack down on corrupt methods that many Billionaire use to get rich and screw people over.
We need more Luigis
When I was in high school, teachers would insist we give our essays a "captivating title", and I had a hard time wrapping my head around what that meant. Now I know. The title of this video is captivating as hell you have my attention.
The end of the Roman Empire seems to have a lot in common with the state of the USA indeed.
What, too many slaves?
Totally agree. A certain funny-hat wearing tribe was the root cause of the fall of the Roman Empire. How ironic is that?
@@geneinmyrtlebeach6967History always repeats itself. USA is fundementally Rome in modern era with other Western European ideologies. It's was bound to fail with the number of cultures clashing.
@@geneinmyrtlebeach6967 they wanted Jesus dead too
Both my replies got censored
I love the artistic choices of this video. It's very appealing and aesthetic on top of being wisely chosen.
I’m a historian, and I’ve made these points multiple times (especially with Ancient Rome and the Soviet Union), but I truly haven’t given much thought o the Ottoman Empire.
You have just earned a subscriber.
The problem with the US citizens is that they don't revolt and in fact, they don't do anything. They see all the problems but yet, prefer to do sit down and do nothing because they don't know who to do it. Example: Luigi and the UHC, they cheered Luigi and they said more CEOs deserved, now skip to today and they didn't did anything and they just continue saying that more CEOs deserve that. They don't have energy to do something
Too busy eating and watching crappy tv shows.
We have revolted. Did you not see the revolts happening across the US to protest Biden’s financial backing of Israel? The problem is that everytime Americans have revolted, it has been met with brutal police force, and little (IF ANY) subsequent legislation that barely addresses the issue. It’s like we are fighting but nothing is actually changing, and the only people getting hurt are the ones fighting. What advice do you have for us, since you see us as so incompetent?
Did you miss the election? Americans showed that they are tired of the corruption. And now Trump is going to clean things up. Just see what happens regarding illegal immigration and the border.
How things work in a more civilized country is that there are voting and laws people try to follow. And essentially the last election in USA was the last one to fix things. You could expect civil unrest if Harris would have won, but now you can see Trump is working on cleaning things up. You can just look at what Tom Homan is doing regarding the border and illegal immigrants that poured in during the Biden administration.
The American left are nothing but cowards.
And Trump and Musk are the cherries on top. Greed hypocrisy ignorance and bigotry reigns supreme in America
"Greed hypocrisy ignorance and bigotry reigns supreme in America" --- Agreed, which is why Democrats have thrived. Good thing we're addressing those things now by getting the liar Biden out of power, and Kamala isn't going to take his place. Time to let the adults back in the room.
Two grubby individuals
Check out Biden and Pelosi's bank accounts unless you are a hypocrite 😂
The two are like the embodiment of everything that's wrong with America today, especially Dump. Even the fact that the Democrats have been winning every election and midterm since 2016 _except_ the two where they fielded a female presidential candidate speaks novels.
@@NestorSalivenDems ARE better. They grow the American economy and have all the powerhouse states. They invest in the people. Republicans
Until recently I have seen history as the past. Now I see it as the future.
Back in 2014 I compared America to the fall of Babylon. People assumed I was a bit crazy saying that will never happen. Now 10 years later people are finally seeing what I meant.
How correct are you if the fall takes hundreds of years?
@@chrisandlizsizemore8172 it may take less for the US. Besides it's already 200+ plus years old
Certainly in next 30 years. America's economic decline will take 15 years to show and after that dollar busts and military bases gets shut all over the world and US faces high inflation. And then boom @@chrisandlizsizemore8172
You're crazy for sure. America can never be invaded or destroyed like Babylon. Even if America becomes poor and broke, it still has the power to end the whole world with the push of a button. That kind of power has never EVER been seen before in human history. You can compare empires that used bows and arrows and swords to each other all you want, but humanity has crossed the nuclear threshold. There is no going back from that. Look at the Soviet Union for an example of what happens when a modern empire "collapses". Russia still threatens everyone with doom, even after its collapse. This is what would happen to America as well.
@ You think the possibility of another great depression along with food insecurity, famine, poverty, possibility of our allies dropping us due to our association with war criminals, and ecological storms increases due to global warming isn’t considered a collapse? I think it’s going to take 2025-2028 for it to happen not 100 years. Florida will be under water. The coasts will experience more intense hurricanes. California will probably split further. The tornadoes will start moving South East as they have been doing.
You can say I’m full of shit but observational analysis is not a joke.
Okay, all empires fall... The scariest and the saddest thing is, the empire will definitely fight and will not just sit there waiting for its fall... that's when destruction occurs and many victims fall everywhere.
It might not! Why fighting when you don't even have the means or when you know the opponent is far more powerful
Victims of this empire have been falling for decades! Millions of victims in fact, all around the world.
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Yep, you're right 😌
@@markrobby7136we’re talking about the strongest nuclear power on the planet here 😂 the Roman, ottoman, and the British empires couldn’t have even imagined having the power the U.S. does it can literally wipe countries off of the earth. A few failed regime change attempts in the Middle East is not indicative of its military strength. Americas biggest problem is political division regarding domestic issues
@Dan-el4mz , be reasonable because the enemy(s) will have 2x as that. Once an empire is destined to collapse, nothing you can do about it. It started to decay by itself within, its military power become effete and collapsing. It might still think that it has power, but compared to the NEW POWER(S), it's a walk over. .
"America is not the greatest country in the world anymore"
When was it ever?
It still is the world hegemonic superpower. Nationalists look at that as being "the greatest" country, rather thank anything about quality of life inside of it
Directly after ww2... Because everybody else was wrecked.
It's still technically the strongest, but it's not invincible. Trump is trying to start fights we can't win.
@I_Did_Nothing_Wrong_at_all he can't win them either. Any fight he starts both will lose
@@Isshin_The_Holy_Sword_Saintok …
The real question now is whether the fall will be bloodless or potentially lead to the most heinous crimes against humanity to occur yet.
"The American Way of Life is simply not sustainable. Because it doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America. But fortunately, power has a shelf life. When the time comes, maybe this mighty empire will, like others before it, overreach itself and implode from within. A world run by a handful of greedy bankers and C.E.O.’s whom nobody elected can’t possibly last."
Arundhati Roy, 2002
You realize everything falls if America falls right or are you special? (Rhetorical)
@@Arginne by everything you mean ..? , I really wonder do you truly believe that your country is the good guy ( like what your movies make you believe ) of this world ?
It’s not because it doesn’t acknowledge the world beyond it but because it doesn’t acknowledge the world within it that are slaving for the top 1 percent to be the only ones who experience this “dream”
@@Arginne I'm pretty sure everybody is painfully aware of that fact. However your definition of "everything" is the thing in contention. There would be absolute economic havoc all over the western world, but nations who are far enough away from the imperial core wouldn't take as big a hit, even though it would still be substantial. Unless there's a nuclear war as a result of America falling of course.
I don't know why you assumed OP was making it out that they didn't realise this. Dunno why you had to add "or are you special?"
Pretty needlessly combative. Seems like you took his posting of the quote to be some sort of attack on your personal identity. I assume you are an American?
@@the_quadracorn bro you cooked him hardd
I'm gonna turn 45 in 2050, and I dont think my country has even another 25 years of stability left.
Sorry, it doesn't even have 5 years of stability left. I'm glad I was born in the early 1950s. I've seen America's best years. These are its worst.
Yay, Democrats!
It does not...Those in "power" have already packed up and headed to the next hell they are going to create....
@@kidd_gallahad2512 Thanks MAGA voters for unleashing the chaos
U guys voted for them, better not see y'all crying while loosing limbs in the front lines
I’ve not seen this channel before. This was ridiculously well done on atopic I have been thinking about quite a bit lately.
This is actually a ridiculous video that fails to include so manyfactors that almost guarantees thew US to be a superpower for the next millenium.
You must listen to too much Russia BS propaganda.
@@YorkerEli Stop being delusional. The US is no longer the superpower it used to be. It's actually declining.
@@YorkerEli Are you Elon Musk's burner account? lmao.
@@YorkerElime when i’m in denial and don’t want class consciousness to happen. u will never be part of that superpower, u will always be the one used to maintain it, so why defend it?
Remember: every animal is equal, but some animals are more equal than others
that's commie/socialist thing. In unregulated capitalism is hierarchy, but also competition. The hierarchy should be deserved, tho. In a world, where law suppresses competition, happens this.
Planned economy or state law controlled by oligopoly, enforced by state repressive forces ... it's the same thing
Monopoly isn't bad, as it's ideally temporary, if not protected by state, by bailouts, regulations etc.
There shouldn't be anything like too big to fall.
I honestly think Luigi Mangione united people across parties more than the plight of the Gazan people. Hamas being the Palestinian leader has def made it hard for some people to sympathize with Palestinians, without knowing much of the history with the IDF.
Luigi, however, is uniting people across EVERYTHING except class. You don't need to be educated on the healthcare system to know its fucked, whereas I'd argue most Americans, even with extensive reading, will never fully grasp the depth of a conflict happening so far away and for SO much longer than any of us have been alive.
The "plight" of the Gazan people is that they are lead by Hamas and Hizbollah. If they would accept co-existence as has Egypt they could have a peaceful and prosperous place to live. Egypt, you will note is not sending its young men to die. It is not burning precious resources on endless wars. Egypt is doing just fine.
Time to give up on the never-ending fight. Time marches on; things change. You can't stop history.
i very much agree that luigi mangione is a rallying bastion for all of the (non bootlicking) middle class, but the insinuated depth of the conflict should not be the same. israeli people, no matter how much you hate them, were 'given' the land by the british; they had no more reason to believe that their given ancestral land was false than you assume a birthday gift was stolen. no matter how much israel hated the palestinians, they never openly attacked until they were attacked first.
in recent times, israel-hamas conflicts have only been about israel being provoked by hamas, whether through kidnappings or rocket strikes. israel, like every other country, has a responsibility to protect her citizens; if you were taken by north korea, for example, would you not feel safer knowing that the full military force of your homeland was out to protect you? would this not deter possible deaths of innocent citizens?
i agree that dragging innocents into this struggle is horrible on both sides, but i cannot support a terrorist group. i have donated to aid foundations sending food to palestinians, but some people online seem to think that just because hamas is getting beaten down that it was somehow undeserved when they had kidnapped equally-innocent israeli citizens from their homes
@@kansashoneybadger7899Funny thing, we can blame Israel for Hamas and its awful doings. They supported it to undermine the secular Palestinian Liberation Organization, to divide Palestine and advance themselves in the West Bank. So, being attacked was kind of the country's own fault.
@yuzuflavoredmochi lmfao "its okay to do a genocide if they started it" isn't really the mic drop gotcha moment you think it is. We are talking about Palestians, not Hamas. Fun fact - the last time Palestinians had an election was in 2006. Fun fact 2 - The british just sort of decided that Israel was going to be a thing despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of arabs already lived there. Hundred of thousands of Palestinians died or were forced from their homes after Israel declared statehood. Since then, Palestinians have had their land and property taken, their movement controlled, their families separated. Israel has built settlements in East Jeruselum and the West Bank that are illegal under international law. The UN has declared it an apartheid state.
Tell me, friend, what would you do if you were forced out of you home because some country you'd never even been to said so, then when you reluctantly obeyed the same people who forced you out were now expanding into the little scraps of land they let you have, were controlling your movement with checkpoints, instituted a judicial system that discriminated against you because the country that took your home wasn't following the rules they set, makes it illegal for you to even enter their country (which again, used to be yours so some of your friends and family probably still live there), refuses to allow you citizenship, puts your entire community under military rule when those illegally occupying they scraps of land you were given are under their own judicial law, and treats you like you're sub human. Now imagine a group comes out and says "Hey, this sucks. We need this to stop and we're going to do something about it."
What do you do, Yuzu Flavored Mochi? Do you continue to have your rights trampled on and live like literal animals, or do you at least let this group try to help you? Because thats what happened in 2006, which again was the last time they had an election, after half a century of military rule, constant warfare and invasion, and having everything taken away from them.
There is a difference between Hamas and Palestinians, just like there's a difference between the Israeli government and Jewish people, just like there's a difference between US citizens and the president. Do you have this same energy for Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, or any of the other warzones the US has started under the guide of spreading democracy? Or is institutional violence and genocide only OK when you agree with the cause?
No one is asking you to support a terrorist group, but that doesn't mean you support a genocide. Those aren't the only two options, Yuzu Flavored Mochi.
I dont think he United people like you think he did. lots of people understand why he did what he did but they dont condone it in any way. I think ppl who believe there was a mass unification are living in a social media tunnel.
As someone living in the United States, for some reason, I feel a bit relieved knowing that this country will fall. I know that it will get worse before it gets better, but it will get better. I just don't care enough about my country anymore. I care about the people that will be impacted, yes, but I can't save everyone, however; if I can at least save myself then I can help some of the people around me.
Wow, such selfish indifference.
That was pretty asinine.
Thats all one can do
It’s your responsibility since you lived off the backs of native and Black people that you figure out a way to aid in protecting them since you’re ready to just roll over yt ppl even are expecting other people to do the tearing down of empires for them. Please get a grip like seriously.
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We may not be necessarily witnessing the end of America, but a metamorphosis.
Generally, the average lifespan for an empire is about 250 years, which is where we are. Now, that doesn't mean every empire that reaches that mark inevitably collapses, although sometimes it does. It could also go through a period of crisis that reshapes the empire on a cultural level. Like how the French Revolution reshaped the societal consciousness of the French people and their way of life.
We're about to enter a uniquely fraught period in American history. In one scenario, it could lead to our collapse as a nation. This could take the form of a civil war where the country splits up into two or more "sides" composed of states, or breaks apart into individual states themselves. Or, it could take the form of a misguided foreign conquest that sees us overextend ourselves as our economy crashes, leading to us being conquered by allied foreign powers and carved up between them like how Germany was after WWII.
On the other hand, this could be a reformative period in our history. Perhaps the next few years light a new fire under people that reshapes our cultural identity. Much like how the stresses of wealth inequality reshaped French values and society, this new gilded age could do the same for America. It's possible we come out the other end of this as a new reborn America, something completely different than the old America, where our values of hyper-individualism have shifted toward more communal values as a response to these economic pressures. If this next period of our history is jarring and painful enough, it will convince people to recalibrate their cultural values, and when that happens, revolution will become inevitable, and the America that emerges beyond that will be something new and reinvigorated.
Whatever happens, the only sure thing is that the America we've known for the last 250 years is officially gone now. There might be a bright future waiting beyond this dark period. Or, we might truly be at the end of our existence as a nation, and whatever lies beyond that point could still be livable, but our glory days will be done. Perhaps in the very distant future America could re-emerge. But we will likely not live to see that day. And whatever happens, America will never be the same after these next 4 years.
EDIT: I have been recently informed that the "empires lasting 250 years" thing is considered bogus, so I retract that, but the rest of the point still stands.
YOUR LACK OF EDUCATION MAKES YOUR MOUTH SHINE! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well said.
@@mastery_egg7071 PARANOIA IS SO ADORABLE! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!
@@martinkent333 Why do you talk like that
Well put!
America is like that one scene in Rick and Morty where the simple rick is being shown the same good memory over and over again in hopes of keeping him docile and productive as long as possible
A life lesson here in the USA. Being a former renter but now a property owner, my property earns me wealth I have discovered in many interesting ways. I now recognize that rent is basically slavery to own no property but to create wealth for oligarchic landlords.
How did you discover ?
The properties are built so terribly now and cost so much that some people are being driven into poverty to maintain them. Buying property can still be a risk for some but good thing in your case it sounds like that it not the case.
Maybe most never get the opportunity!
I disagree. Have been renting for years. What renting gives you is freedom to get up and go. This works well for me. Investing in a rental property is always a bit of a gamble. If it worked out for everyone, everyone would be doing it. I've seen it succeed and fail in equal measure.
Yet, if the government wants your land to build a railroad, you'd have to move, because you own the house, not the land, which is why you still have to pay taxes on your "property" which incidentally if you fail to pay it can also be taken from you.
The working class are the base that holds up the rich. If the rich takes away from the working class, the rich fall
Making the rich the dumbest mfers 😂😂😂😂
you would think they would be wise enough to see that given all their business acumen and people management skills, yet greed or pride clouds their eyes to this fact and they always destroy themselves and the middle class to the benefit of no one, a tragic fact indeed
The rich provide all of the jobs.
@@sumomaster5585 well the bourgeoisie do see it though. That's why in the past, they've conceded on a few issues, at least the ones who were smarter did, for self preservation. But they never gave enough away such that it would threaten their power. But today, they want to eliminate the working class entirely through AI. That's why they're heavily pushing AI this and AI that.
@ If no one has a job who’s going to buy their products? Also AI is very overrated, it’s not real intelligence nor even general purpose rather application specific. Though of course companies dream it was like that so they can finally get rid of those pesky employees….which makes me wonder what happens when it can replace CEOs? Pretty sure their jobs aren’t really that hard to automate…but I bet we won’t hear about AI doing that anytime soon
As an American living in the UK, I totally agree with this video and have felt and lived this empire decline.
This is one of my favourite channels. Thank you for the hard work.
Free Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan and the Congo. Let the people decide their destiny.
Yes, we meddle in the affairs of others.
I always remember this
whenever people wonder how aliens would treat us.
They would probably treat us in a similar way that Europe treated its colonies.
Those countries we let in commit the most crime.
@@MatthewTurner-fp2kbmaybe if you countries hadn't colonised them, they wouldn't speak your language and they wouldn't be in your countries to begin with
UK suffering from an even greater & precipitous decline surely
The thumbnail of this video is wild tho😆 It's like an invitation for the CIA to pay her a visit 😂
It is really impressive how you create a video essay that is not only thought provoking, but also very artful and mesmerizing.
As a first viewer of your channel, I must say, I love and admire your storytelling style and your simple and easy to understand format. The video was entertaining, educative and very visually appealing. Continue shining!
The economical decline of the USSR was a secondary issue. The true decline of the USSR had to with the overbureaucrarization and monolithic nature of the Communist Party. The Managerial elite ruled their own sectors of the economy and exploited it to their benefit, notably the military and security services. It gave rise to the oligarchs and nepotistic leaders like Yeltsin and the thugs running the regimes that occupy the former Soviet Union. By the late 80s, Gorbachev’s idealist attempt to reform the union led to these same forces that benefited from the corruption to unhinge themselves and split the union apart. No ordinary Soviet citizen wanted the USSR to collapse.
Putin cleansed the oligarchs from the country. Those are the ones who dire Putins downfall
and it is usually a 'secondary' issue
you are right i am from former Soviet Union country and here people still wish ussr didnt collapse
This is called nostalgia. The Soviet Union was corrupt, economically backward, and a failed dictatorship. @@sevdamustafazad3564
indeed, great video otherwise
In many ways the USA reached its peak in the 1950s. It’s been steadily declining since the mid 1960s, and accelerating since 2001.
I think I agree. Dubya's Iraq and Afghanistan wars had more long lasting impact than we knew at the time...
It’s peak was the 1980s what a great decade
It's peak is yet to come
@@elliota.1063only reason we were ever involved in those wasteful wars were oil and the USSR. Pretty terrible reasons for war, so yeah I think we deserve a kick in the teeth for that. Don’t forget Vietnam ! Protectors of global peace, starting foreign wars since 1950!
The US has lost its way since the Israeli lobbyists took control. It has been cannabalised from within while being tricked into believing their foes are Muslim. It's sad that the common person is suffering.
With the tariff and economic decline of the America empire. It's bound to happen. We are just currently living in history.
Ben Franklin predicted we'd probably only last 225 years
far less than that
Well it appears you lasted 125
What math are you doing? 1776 + 225 = 2001 Seems like we lasted 23 almost 24 years past his prediction. 🤷♂️
@@CallMeCoachWalker gotta admit, that's still pretty eerie.
@@CallMeCoachWalkerno math required, they simply stated what Ben Franklin said