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They all need to be put out of business. Destroying America from within. Disgusting.

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British General Sir John Glubb wrote a short book in his retirement called The Fate of Empires, in which he concluded that empires usually last around 250 years. He said that an empires life consists of these stages:

The Age of Pioneers (outburst)

The Age of Conquests

The Age of Commerce

The Age of Affluence

The Age of Intellect

The Age of Decadence.His summary at the end of his work is below in bold lettering:

As numerous points of interest have arisen

in the course of this essay, I close with a brief

summary, to refresh the reader’s mind.

(a) We do not learn from history because

our studies are brief and prejudiced.

(b) In a surprising manner, 250 years

emerges as the average length of national

greatness.

(c) This average has not varied for 3,000

years. Does it represent ten generations?

(d) The stages of the rise and fall of great

nations seem to be:

The Age of Pioneers (outburst)

The Age of Conquests

The Age of Commerce

The Age of Affluence

The Age of Intellect

The Age of Decadence.

(e) Decadence is marked by:

Defensiveness

Pessimism

Materialism

Frivolity

An influx of foreigners

The Welfare State

A weakening of religion.

(f) Decadence is due to:

Too long a period of wealth and power

Selfishness

Love of money

The loss of a sense of duty.

(g) The life histories of great states are

amazingly similar, and are due to internal factors.

(h) Their falls are diverse, because they are

largely the result of external causes.

(i) History should be taught as the history

of the human race, though of course with

emphasis on the history of the student’s own

country.

https://drp314.substack.com/p/the-fate-of-empires-and-sir-john

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