Rome persia babylon and egypt they’ve all fallen so why should america’s future be more certainly guaranteed the same problems that contributed to those empires falling are present today right here in america we face many of the same challenges and these challenges may be signs of a coming collapse in this video
I’ll take a historical look at where we appear to be in our nation’s life cycle and the five most pressing challenges we face that could very well be the signs of our imminent fall i have to warn you that some of the five signs i discuss are highly charged political lightning
Rods as you can imagine any problem a nation collectively faces probably is highly charged now i’ll do my best to address these issues and signs i see that we are facing without interjecting any bias or opinion one way or the other you may have strong opinions for
Or against these signs i’ll discuss here but i would ask that you would hold back judgment and look at the more significant fact that these are problems in need of a solution whatever that solution may be let’s explore the signs we should be paying attention to right now please consider subscribing to our
Newsletter by clicking on the link in the description and comment section below if you enjoyed this video please subscribe and click the like button to help the channel grow the stages of an empire the famous british general john baguette glove once theorized that there were seven steps in an empire’s life cycle
These were the ages of pioneers conquests commerce affluence intellect decadence and the final stage of declining collapse each stage builds up and into the next progressively while each country in the world probably can draw a correlation between one of the ages outlined the united states as well progressed in
The life cycle the age of pioneers long ago passed the age of conquest already occurred with the taking of land from the indigenous americans in the end of slavery the age of commerce was clearly during the industrial period the rise of manufacturing the completion of railroads and highways and ports etc
Capitalism ushered in a clear age of affluence dramatic progress in medicine and technology is a result of an age of intellect that leaves only the age of decadence and the asian decliner collapse just two stages before the whole grain experiment potentially unravels forever are we in the age of decadence i would
Argue that we have been for quite a while technically decadence is defined as a moral or cultural decline characterized by excessive indulgence and pleasure or luxury you don’t have to look too far to find someone who would argue that americans have been on moral and cultural decline for many years
We often revere what we call the good old days and lament and rail against progressive ideologies and change i won’t argue for or against that still i will posit that we live and age characterized by excessive indulgence and pleasure luxury even if those luxuries are what we consider the trappings of everyday life
When you turn on the tap water faucet instead of shuffling back and forth to a well you rely upon a municipal water supply or equipment built to tap your well when an item breaks with a few clicks of a mouse you have ordered a replacement from amazon that will be delivered tomorrow
That is definitely a luxury over repairing the item yourself when you’re hungry place an order online or through your smartphone at one of the thousands of places to have it delivered to your door that is definitely a luxury versus harvesting hunting foraging and cooking your own food a just-in-time manufacturing and
Distribution system is the pinnacle of the age of decadence like an addictive drug we have become dependent upon fragile systems and have lost touch with traditional ways of sustaining ourselves if we accept that we are in the stage of our civilization we can examine our system’s weaknesses
To see how far along we are just as there were specific causes for the decline of other societies we can’t apply what we’ve learned from earlier cultures to see if our weaknesses align and how close we are to our own collapse here are the five weaknesses the five
Signs that we are possibly nearing the point of decline or destruction number one just-in-time manufacturing and distribution the united states is clearly an age of decadence instead of wasting money stocking raw materials and additional inventory and warehouses companies are heavily dependent on the internet and the global shipping
Industry to obtain what they need as they need it i would argue that the world is over dependent in its reliance as remarkable and as liberating as it is that we can click a few keys and get what we desire it is a significant weakness in crippling dependence it’s akin to
Putting all our eggs in one basket it’s the equivalent of having just one crop in our fields instead of planning for the future and diversifying our access we rely upon instant access to what we need it’s the height of luxury instead of ringing a bell for the butler
We click a mouse and wait for a delivery we rely upon a just-in-time manufacturing and distribution system that isn’t very reliable when you thoroughly examine it the evergreen container ship getting stuck in the suez canal is a recent example of both our over dependence on this just-in-time system
And the fragility of the supply lines the crisis highlights the vulnerability of our interconnected world the global manufacturing and distribution network relies on goods getting where they are needed just as they are needed with little to no margin of error in this instance a single ship shut down all traffic
Between asia and europe the backup was so extreme that there was a shortage of shipping containers and some manufacturers had to haul production the fact that one instance could create chaos from los angeles to paris to beijing underscored the extent to which our modern system of commerce has come to revolve around genuinely
Global supply chains while the failure of a global supply chain wouldn’t be the sole cause of the nation’s demise it would certainly act as a catalyst and a compounding adjutant to other rising problems in a country the collapse of supply chains would be a clear sign a nation may be close to collapsing
From lack of food to vital parts and equipment necessary to maintain production and power generation something as simple as a stoppage of the flow of goods could easily lead to systematic failures and a descent in the chaos and mob rules the desperation of the masses is only ever
A few mills away number two political and cultural divisions political and cultural divisions have heightened in recent years politics have gone mainstream you may have noticed that during this last election year many nations in history have completely fallen apart due to racial ethnic and political differences common to all dehumanization of the
Political opposition or ethnic group when they are dehumanizing words the actions of a few seem to be justifiable though they are abhorrent as we saw from singular occurrences of policing whole movements can stem out of them one incident between a few humans can explode into the streets across a nation of violent mobs
Legislators and politicians fan the flames for personal gains or earnestly scramble to legislate solutions but the damage continues to be done whether the fires are contained or not remains to be seen but there is no denying that the sparks have ignited a fire and raised the temperatures history has shown several instances
Where the fires were not contained chechnya armenia sudan the kurdish turkish conflict rwanda darfur even in america the tulsa race riots 100 years ago are all sparks that turned into uncontrollable burning flames not all were enough to destroy a nation but they certainly compound the decline
And are telling sign of a nation in possible decline number three weaken borders and increase travel weaken borders and increase travel are frequently politicized this results in people never really understanding the problems associated with them there was no smallpox in america until the europeans arrived on the shores
The spanish flu pandemic of 1918 spread around the globe as rapidly as it did because the world was engaged in a great war the troops were traveling worldwide it has recently been established that even during the bubonic plague the black death that killed 30 to 60 percent of the european population
Sprang up and spread along trade routes the bacterium that causes the bubonic plague can survive in rodent populations and has spread to other mammals including humans through flea bites the rodent population’s exposure to humans is higher along trade routes even with the covet 19 outbreak several countries have responded by mandating a
Negative test result and or quarantining before their country’s admission even a vaccination passport has been suggested these countries recognize that diseases travel freely and don’t recognize national borders and as we have all seen this last year one robust coronavirus can bring a nation’s economy to a grinding and shattering hull
Real world sicknesses have a dramatic economic impact it’s not just aziz’s though the world suffers from a global immigration and immigration problem as other nations suffer collapse people flee to the safety and stability of safer countries this played out on a world stage recently with war-torn syria syria somalia venezuela sudan afghanistan
Myanmar and the democratic republic of the congo accounted for a staggering 20 plus million refugees worldwide it’s not a problem that will simply go away it’s not a problem a nation can simply ignore yet immigration policies for many countries haven’t changed significantly from the century before they aren’t likely to change rapidly in
The future to keep in step with the influx of people seeking a better life established citizens of a nation lash out against accepting anyone into their country that differs from them culturally or would be in competition with them for their resources so deep political divisions are exacerbated their lack of results
Keeping global peace and security and the lack of comprehensive immigration policy can contribute to a nation’s decline while the answers to these complex problems aren’t as simple as closing the gates and stopping cross-border travel some would have you believe the failure to address these problems can result in the unraveling of a nation
Number four income inequality in the working poor income equality in the working poor are another telling sign of a nation in decline the rhetoric about them is also highly charged and politicized however it’s important to note that incoming quality was just one of the primary reasons for the french revolution
As a gap widens between the halves and have nots as the working man works longer and harder for the same stagnant wages while the cost of everything increases resentment festers these are direct correlations between increased crime and corruption during historical periods of income inequality both crime and corruption are corrosive
Forces to a nation’s stability the overall economics of a nation is tied to the economics of the individual if the individual struggles too much the nation’s economy will suffer if the nation’s economy fails altogether it can lead to a tipping point of a nation as a nation rivals so does a national
Order and all the tiny weaknesses explode into more significant immediate problems when a person works two or three jobs and 60 or more hours per week but still isn’t guaranteed food on the table on a roof over their heads the nation faces a rising challenge failing to address that challenge or
Falling short of that challenge can have devastating results sometimes the nation collectively blames other countries which leads to financial or even overt conflicts and these can kick the can further down the road still nations that have failed to address income gaps in the working poor have often met a violent demise and a
Fall from greatness number five destruction of natural habitats and resource depletion many of the problems nations face worldwide are also overly politicized to the extent that the issue cannot be addressed let alone solved without someone somewhere trying to invalidate the problem’s premise by decrying extremism or alternative
Motives on the part of their opposition that being said the problem it still exists one of these overly politicized problems is the destruction of natural habitats and resource depletion all politics aside there is no other conclusion that can be drawn from the observational data other than humans are profoundly altering their earthly habitat
Wildfires in australia brought many animal and plant species to the brink of extinction massive burns in the amazon rainforest the very same forest that creates 20 percent of the earth’s oxygen and sequesters an estimated 2 billion tons of co2 have dramatic effects on the earth’s ecosystem the melting of arctic
Permafrost releases methane at a rate we can barely keep up with the calculations the arctic institute estimates that the world’s permafrost contains up to 1 700 billion tons of carbon which is almost double the amount of carbon in the earth’s atmosphere and four times what has already been
Emitted by humans since the industrial revolution if all permafrost were degraded to the point of decomposing the disastrous effects would be felt all over the world some of these environmental changes are human made and some are driven by natural cycles both methods feed off each other and exaggerate the resulting impact
Mining fracking global shipping airline emissions large-scale logging and any activity that takes from the delicate ecosystem without replenishing the resource has a domino effect on other fragile systems why is this a possible warning sign a nation may be on the brink of collapse it’s in the results stemming from the
Destruction of natural habitats and resource depletion as parts of the world experience drought or deluge for the first time in their recorded history people are forced to retain or set off to seek out the resources they need to survive as well as we think we understand the
Mechanics of the world we barely do we know hurricanes have become stronger we know that water and volcanoes or long fault lines can have devastating effects we know that co2 levels continue to rise at an alarming rate and that the planet’s temperature continues to increase a little more each year globally
We know snow and ice storms and tornadoes are being experienced in areas where they have not been previously occurred with such frequency we know that cutting back natural habitats in a close proximity to exotic animal species also exposes humans to countless zoonotic viruses it is it difficult to look at the extreme weather
And destruction of a harmonious ecosystem and imagine that they could be a catalyst to a nation’s decline weakened throughout pandemic or destroyed by mother nature many previous empires have fallen while this wasn’t the sole cause of their demise it was indeed a contributor are any of the singular indicators i
Address in this video significant enough indicator of our nation’s imminent demise probably not individually the five issues discussed in this video occurring all at once in an age of decadence are at worst signs our nation is on the precipice at best there are indicators that the road ahead is even more uncertain and
Unstable all of them are the reasons we prep for self-sufficiency what do you think is there a sign of our decline i’ve overlooked or not addressed let the community know in the comments below i try to read many of the comments in response to them typically within the first hour of
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