Reply #10: ALL EMPIRES END. It is always just a question of how fast and when.... [View All]

[Blackhatjack]

Remember this... with the consolidation of power and wealth into the hands of a few, the speed with which the empire falls tends to increase.

And when an empire falls, there is always a massive transfer of wealth and power from those deposed into the hands of a new formerly dispossessed group --which in many cases may be smaller and more corrupt than those deposed.

And so the cycle begins anew...