All Empires Die Eventually

[malaise]

That is all

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. True enough but not a startling epiphany. . . .nt

[underpants]

2. You know AMWAY is still going

That’s all I’m saying

[malaise]

3. OK

You made me laugh

[piddyprints]

4. Yes, you have

made it pellucidly clear, to be sure.

[malaise]

5. Hehehehehhe

Happy Sunday!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. But banking lives on

and the providers of heat and light aren't doing too bad either, even if they have gone from olive oil to wood to coal to whale oil to petroleum to photovoltaics and wind turbines.

[malaise]

7. Fabulous post

And don't forget the many ways wars are used to loot those banks.

[multigraincracker]

8. Some like a candle that slowly burn out and

others like a firecracker that explodes.
Both to be forgotten after time.

[Chainfire]

9. It seems that the life cycle of empires has been declining with the passing of history.