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DECLINE of EMPIRES: The Signs of Decay

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World historyGeopolitics & foreign policyUS politics & elections

What it is

Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback and Sorrows of Empire, lectures on parallels between the decline of the Roman and Soviet empires and the United States. He argues the US shows the same symptoms: overextension, corruption, and an inability to reform.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on American decline, civil unrest and economic crisis as a classic statement of the imperial-decay thesis.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's an insightful prognostication by the late, great Chalmers Johnson around 2005”

    Chalmers Johnson's prognostication about American decline.

    hexbinencoded, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “The N95 mask shortage America can't seem to fix”

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Topics: chalmers johnson, american empire, roman empire, soviet collapse, blowback

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