Comments on: Is America Just Like The Roman Empire? http://20smoney.com/2010/07/27/is-america-just-like-the-roman-empire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-america-just-like-the-roman-empire Aggressive Yet Responsible Wealth Building For 20-Somethings Thu, 24 May 2012 15:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wayne http://20smoney.com/2010/07/27/is-america-just-like-the-roman-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-7458 Wayne Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:10:14 +0000 http://20smoney.com/?p=2830#comment-7458 A historical note: When ever the idea of gloablization is actuallized disaster follows....look it up, globalization was in the news right before the fall of 1929, it can be traced back to many collapses in history...maybe there is a message there. There was once a great city, Babylon. It was the center of the economic world for 1500 years...now it is just a pile of rocks in the desert. Much like America has become, Babylon was the economic center of the world (at that time). I think when things get too big something comes along to tear it down...history shows this as a natural cycle, maybe a function of the human condition. Why do we think we are different? Arrogance perhaps. A historical note:
When ever the idea of gloablization is actuallized disaster follows….look it up, globalization was in the news right before the fall of 1929, it can be traced back to many collapses in history…maybe there is a message there.
There was once a great city, Babylon. It was the center of the economic world for 1500 years…now it is just a pile of rocks in the desert. Much like America has become, Babylon was the economic center of the world (at that time). I think when things get too big something comes along to tear it down…history shows this as a natural cycle, maybe a function of the human condition. Why do we think we are different? Arrogance perhaps.

]]> By: Wayne http://20smoney.com/2010/07/27/is-america-just-like-the-roman-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-7457 Wayne Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:09:31 +0000 http://20smoney.com/?p=2830#comment-7457 I think it's conveinient to bash DEMS these days...but I've concluded it makes no difference who is in power! The system itself is broken...I don't blame governement or the financial industry...I blame us! "I have seen the face of my enemy and it is my own". Overborrowing, over spending, living large, honoring the consumption lifestyle. These are the real problems, Governement (and their fiscal problems) are reflective only of the people who voted them in...that's right folks: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES, but neither do the people ...everyone is naked and blind to the real issue. We have to have better financial literacy levels in this country, from congress and the Whte House, from Wall Street to Main Street, to the average man on the street! I think it's conveinient to bash DEMS these days…but I've concluded it makes no difference who is in power! The system itself is broken…I don't blame governement or the financial industry…I blame us! "I have seen the face of my enemy and it is my own". Overborrowing, over spending, living large, honoring the consumption lifestyle. These are the real problems, Governement (and their fiscal problems) are reflective only of the people who voted them in…that's right folks: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES, but neither do the people …everyone is naked and blind to the real issue. We have to have better financial literacy levels in this country, from congress and the Whte House, from Wall Street to Main Street, to the average man on the street!

]]> By: 20smoney http://20smoney.com/2010/07/27/is-america-just-like-the-roman-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-6806 20smoney Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:42:37 +0000 http://20smoney.com/?p=2830#comment-6806 TaJ: Great insight. I should say that I find the comparison interesting and I do agree that the political parties use the comparison to their own advantage when the other is in power. While it probably looks like I'm pro-Republican since I'm bashing the party in power a great deal these days (I need to write a post on why I don't like the Republicans) - I view this as a larger issue that spans multiple periods where both parties are in power at one point or another. I like your point about the soul of the nation - you're right, we're a long way off from killing the American soul. TaJ: Great insight. I should say that I find the comparison interesting and I do agree that the political parties use the comparison to their own advantage when the other is in power. While it probably looks like I'm pro-Republican since I'm bashing the party in power a great deal these days (I need to write a post on why I don't like the Republicans) – I view this as a larger issue that spans multiple periods where both parties are in power at one point or another.

I like your point about the soul of the nation – you're right, we're a long way off from killing the American soul.

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