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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
The USSR was led to despots who cracked down on anything resembling freedom. Now Russia is.....err......the same.
Democracy in name only. History tells us that civilizations collapse, that progress can end, that liberty is an aberration from the rule.
We are living in a golden age. We would be fools to think that this trajectory will remain forever, with little effort. Because it is destiny for people to embrace freedom and democracy. Yeah right.
We have given the Iraqis there chance to freedom and democracy. They have chosen to squander it. And now there is nothing we can do.
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You are right on all of this. Our civilization, just like every other, will one day collapse. I think our civilzation is much more likely to meet its demise the way that Rome did, a slow decline into dacadence and an eventual fat lazy defenselessness, than anything else.