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starroute

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2. This is why empires fall

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2014, 08:20 PM

Apr 2014

The rich people stop bothering to pay to keep up the infrastructure. It happened to Rome. It may have been what happened to the Maya. And it's happening here.

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Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, and a patchwork of unregulated fracking wells and [View all] bemildred Apr 2014 OP

Here's the 1%'s Long-Term Goal for the United States and everywhere else: blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #1

This is why empires fall starroute Apr 2014 #2

Yep, and it starts with all this "rule the world" bullshit after WWII. bemildred Apr 2014 #3

D+, we still have a little while longer... adirondacker Apr 2014 #4