Assignment: In your blog, discuss this topic: The United States is declining, like the Roman Empire did. You may agree or disagree, but give solid reasons.
My response: Before we compare, I'll go over what page 177 says about the 3 ways the Roman Empire fell. Edward Gibson says: The empire was just simply too large and the need of conquest destroyed Rome. Arther Ferrill says: The collapse of Military strength and power lead to the fall of the Government. And Finley Hooper says: The empire really didn't fall, it just split and adapted into the new Medieval time period.
Honestly after that, I think the feared reasons the USA may begin to decline aren't anything like the Roman Empire. First the United States is not hungry for conquest, and we haven't added a state to our nation since Hawaii in 1958. Second we aren't are falling in Military power, the president is doing the exact opposite. In fact in September 2018, President Trump signed a bill to increase the Military budget up to $716 Billion; putting us easily as the strongest military in the world. Yes, i do believe that there are ways that could show US declining and honestly, I think it comes down to the people in the Government. Current President Donald Trump i wouldn't go as far to call a Bigot, but his lack of filter could get us as a nation in trouble. And as much as i hate to say it, the Democrats running against him are just as bad and some are 100% worse. Candidates like Senator Bernie Sanders and his socialist views could easily collapse our economy in a blink of an eye. I mean just look at Venezuela, there has never been a successful Socialist run government: from the USSR, to modern day Vietnam and you could argue China, however there strict laws kind of make it work and it just goes against everything our country stands for. So no, I don't think the two massively successful nations have anything to do with each other.
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