Comments by "DrScopeify" (@drscopeify) on "How the Roman Empire Fell" video.

  1. The Roman Empire provided the population in the empire good reason to continue to support the system, it provided infrastructure, a unified language, trade links and routes, a system of standards, so many aspects that various peoples continued to benefit from. This is pretty similar to the EU what keep the European Union together is the benefits outweigh the negatives. Some people make a connection between the USA and Rome but they are total opposites, the USA destroyed 3 maybe 4 empires, British, French, Japanese Empires were torn down and also the end of the USSR which I see as an Empire. The USA has always advocated and fought for self determination which will not allow another empire to rise. While the USA does set global economic foundation it is only a minor benefit to the USA and it is not an Empire that is for sure, the USA does not control global trade which 50% of it is NOT in USD for example and with so many nations having strong armies no single power can overwhelm the world order as enough nations will stand up and defend it. Today's world order is one dominated by shared interest rather than any single nation. The USA is not Rome, it is the Anti-Rome. The USA is the hordes coming to take down any empire that even thinks of coming to be, Putin wants a new Russian Empire, hell no, not on the USA's watch. China would love to expand a bit, just a little, hell no, not going to happen. Saddam thought he could, no he could not. USA is the Anti-Rome.
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