Beware the Man

Rome was an Empire that many thought would govern the western known world for all time yet after a millennia (or two depending on your definition of “Roman Empire”), this great republic fell due to gradual decay and defeat on the inside and out. As one of the great republics of our time, there is no reason for us not to learn from the mistake of our ancestors. Unfounded wars, economic extremes and depression, and the polarization of the people were all signs of the end. I do not truly think that our country is on the verge of collapse, but this is another chance in the history of the governed nations for the people to move into the future and not fall again to the ways of old. Many past generations thought that man would grow and learn and not repeat the same silly, primitive mistakes that led to the ill fates that they and their community met. But we stand today in the same places in many ways. We have only been a country for two hundred and thirty four years, but most of us feel it is permanent. Rome Ruled for around four hundred an fifty years as a republic. We have a long way to go before we can consider our world governmental system, let alone our country, a truly permanent human establishment that works.