The US is Doomed to Repeat the Same Fate as The Roman Empire
If you look back to your adolescent years of schooling, particularly in history, it is likely that you’ll remember learning about the Roman Empire. Of its prosperity and wealth, its military prowess, and its influential leaders. Perhaps you even learned about its downfall, wondering how a society so rich in success could become so desolate and despairing. But indeed, they can. Rome did not fall instantly into disrepair, it happened gradually and initially without notice. Because of that, it’s not unreasonable to assume that history can repeat itself, and it may be doing just that. The United States, a leading world power, could be in the beginning stages of a Romanesque undoing.
Before we compare the deterioration of these two societies, we must first look at their founding and underlying structures. The Roman Republic (predecessor to the Roman Empire) began in 507 BC. Over time, it developed into the following governmental system: two consuls, a senate, and an assembly. Sound familiar? That’s because the founding fathers of the United States based our government off of the Roman Republic. The US has a president (comparable to the two consuls of Rome), a senate (Comparable to the senate of Rome), and a house of representatives (comparable to the assembly of Rome). Even the way that the branches operate are similar between Rome and the US…
