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12. I think I would say that all great empires fell due to a lack of oversight by the masses.

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 09:24 AM

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Of course, most of these empires did not allow such oversight. The difference in our case is the fact that what was going to happen was obvious. We just decided to be delusional about it.

And, now we are paying the price. Corruption, greed, ego, biases... they were here to begin with and have never been removed(or even addressed in most cases, since being selfish and selectively delusional is all but an American Virtue) from our society.

So, why are we so shocked at what is happening now? We knew this was coming. And, if one didn't... well.. see the above paragraph about why this happened.

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