Most empires decline from inside
Empires are complex systems, with many factors influencing one another and also the final outcome
Empires are not necessarily the brightest things human beings are capable of creating, but they have dominated the political and social life of most people as far as history goes; hence, the rise, decline and fall of empires represent instructive stories in human organization and progress.
This may also the precise reason why empires fail, because, each, in its own way, believe that they have reached the end of history.
We believe that the failure of any and every great empire throughout history is in no small part due to the idea that empires try to reach back to a time of a ‘golden age’, to “when the empire was truly great’… to the past to regain their power and influence.
They look to the past for their lost greatness instead of focusing on the future.
This is the basis and danger associated with the Republican and Tea Parties in the US.
“We want our country back.”
This was also the basis for the Confederacy. Jefferson David & Robert E. Lee and his followers wanted American to go back to the way the Founding Fathers envisioned America.
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The fundamental right wing religious agenda relies strongly on this basic tenant.
We feel that this kind of outlook- this positioning, is based in fear and ignorance of ‘change’ and what the “future” could possibly bring.
Combined this outlook with the isolationist idea of America with the less educated and mostly religious states in the South and you have a recipe for backward thinking (reaching for he past) and for the ultimate decline of the US.
More generally, eight of the 10 most religious states in 2011 are in the South (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia), with one straddling the line between the South and the Midwest (Oklahoma), and one in the West (Utah). None of the most religious states are in the Middle Atlantic, New England, or West Coast regions.
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“…the most illiterate, least college educated, and the shortest life expectancy”
”…Overall, the South continues to have lower percentages of high school graduates, lower housing values, and lower household incomes than the rest of the United States.”
“Eight Southern states have obesity rates over 30% of the population, the highest in the country: Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Rates for hypertension and diabetes for these states are also the highest in the nation.”
“A study reported that six Southern states have the worse incidence of sleep disturbances in the nation, attributing the disturbances to high rates of obesity and smoking. “
“The South also has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country, with states like Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas having rates exceeding 60 per 1,000 teens. “
“There is only one God and his name is Jesus. I’m tired of people telling me that I can’t say those words.. Listen to me, If you don’t love America, If you don’t like the way we do things I have one thing to say – GET OUT. We don’t worship Buddha, we don’t worship Mohammad, we don’t worship Allah, we worship God, we worship God’s son Jesus Christ.”
“If English was good enough for Jesus it’s good enough for me”
Rick Perry
Governor of Texas
“Indeed, it’s futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like.”
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