rant · moment 8 of 14
Declining Empire: Is America Falling Like Rome or Britain?
from Fat Wins · #51
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8 minTim and Ray argue about whether America is a declining empire comparable to Rome or the British Empire, discussing economic bubbles, the placation of the population, and whether the U.S. could face civil unrest.
- 22:36CNN hammered one story for four months straight with no other coverage.
- 23:17Producers admitted they're pushing the story for ratings without real evidence.
- 23:57Tim questions when the investigation ends and what actual evidence exists.
- 24:53The government lied about Abu Ghraib, weapons of mass destruction, Gulf of Tonkin, and countless other things.
- 25:37America is a declining empire showing real cracks like Britain did after its peak.
- 26:29People are less engaged and activist now compared to the 1960s and 1930s.
- 27:02You get better information asking a random person at a deli than watching mainstream news.
- 27:50The economy is fundamentally a bubble that requires constant expansion.
- 28:26Humans have an innate biological desire to see carnage and want things burned down.
- 29:11The economic system is technically possible to scale down but will never happen, so it will blow up.
- 29:29Society is dancing on the head of a pin, burning candles on both ends—collapse is inevitable.
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