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"At the end of his magisterial book 'How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower,' Adrian Goldsworthy compared the fate of imperial Rome with that of the contemporary United States.
The dominance of a civilization, he noted, depends not only on resources and military prowess, but also on 'culture,' that hard-to-define yet palpable mixture of confidence, savoir-faire, and commitment to foundational principles beyond the calculus of individual profit or aggrandizement.
Beginning in the 3rd century, Rome began to turn away from that cultural compact and decline wove itself into the sinews of Roman society, according to Goldsworthy.
'The rot began at the top, and in time a similar attitude pervaded the entire government and army high command,' he wrote.
I predict that future historians, seeking to understand the decline of the United States, will settle on the annus horribilis of 2021 as the terminus a quo.
Immersed in the moment, it’s often hard to disentangle the main story from the cacophony and chatter of mere events.
But can anyone who isn’t Jen Psaki contemplate U.S. leadership and not discern the rot at the top?" - READ MORE / RogerKimball, EpochTimes