America is Falling From Within

American is falling from within and the public is now just beginning to catch on. The outliers of the economic pain are effects of attempted empire building and short sighted greed of American leadership. This article should help explain the cause of how this is occurring. Events for American’s are going to be messy and most likely, very bloody by the time it’s all over.

At the tail part of the Roman empire, the empire began recruiting mercenaries alongside it’s professional standing army of Legions. The problem of course is that mercenaries are not aligned with the goals of an empire. Loyalty is determined by whom pays the most. Mercenaries also wanted the privileges of Roman citizenship but would not integrate into the society. Rome cheapened it’s citizenship in such fashion losing it’s primary purpose and value of what citizenship meant.

If you don't know the story, Rome fell from within in 476 AD when Odoacer, a German mercenary deposed Romulus Augustulus: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/fallofrome/a/EndofRome.htm  . I see a lot of similarities to utilizing Mexican illegal aliens as cheap labor to substitute a fundamentally sound nation and empire. The result of Odoacer’s actions of splitting the empire was foreign interests controlling the west and Rome still maintaining control in the east. These are not lesson lost on me and should not be discounted out of hand. Nor would such lesson be ignored by America’s enemies. The fall of American empire is not a secret desire I wish for, as the dark ages followed this period, creating massive power vaccums, physical and economic turmoil as those attempting conquest rush to fill the void of law and order.

The United States relies heavily on oil imports, meaning it must bend it’s foreign and domestic policies around the wishes of oil producers. The Roman’s energy source was slaves, captured via military conquest. In today's terms of abundant energy source, cheap oil was the result of our military presence in the Middle East. But like the Romans whom overextended themselves, the tables are turning as America will be unlikely to maintain it’s military monopoly in the Middle East. The very same source of energy will dictate the price of it's product.

Lastly, empires begin to borrow from foreigners to maintain it's positioning and the compounded interest means foreign creditors greatly influence the affairs of state.

A Fresno judge shuts off water for farmers and those crops grown domestically then get imported from China and other nations at a substantial mark-up. This practice is known as mercantilism and was the real reason of the American Revolution, as people are unable to afford the increased cost to live. Britain forced the colonists to move away from it’s own banking system and colonial script and into the pound. Britain itself being empire had overextended themselves and felt it was the colonists duty to fill the economic void.

The American politicians can no longer hide the agenda of providing non-sustainable entitlement promises in exchange for votes. The United States government can no longer afford empire and expects it’s citizens to fill the economic void, borrowing from foreigners whom now are practicing mercantilism as American politicians wink at it, themselves bribed and corrupted to leave such practice intact. Is any of this sounding remotely familiar to you as it applies today? Is the US government, meaning the people in control of it’s own printed currency or is it completely private interests in control? Are they interested in reinvesting in America or have they decided China is a better bet? 

Here is a great article with some historic American figure warnings and, further food for thought on this subject matter: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/20035 

The key to renewing America is vastly increasing domestic energy production. But what is America’s energy policy? Outside of mercentilism, there doesn’t seem to be one. Cap & Trade, meaning accepting higher energy import prices and subsequent trickle down costs seems to be the policy. This will be a huge additional drag on our economy already in shambles. Meanwhile, we will cater to the whims of foreign nations.  

That Healthcare was the current Adminstration’s policy centerpiece demonstrates either complete ignorance of history or purposeful intent to keep America controlled by foreign interests. Now if all American’s had the right to freely invest in other soveriegn nations without restrictions or the threat of confiscations by Socialist or Communist regimes, then I believe that would all be well and good. But we don’t live in such a world – yet. It seems we have decided to trust sovereign nations to decide what is best for the American people. But perhaps just as much folly is these foreign nations believing that somehow the American government can enforce increased innovation and productivity while being in perpetual poverty.

I for one would have voted for the government conducting the Manhatten Project of energy independence and paying higher taxes for such an energy independence effort in the short and medium term. I cannot vote for and must oppose policies that support repeating the mistakes of the very same empire America fashioned itself upon. If that makes me racist, then give me the grand prize of racism.

Since I could care less about race, religions, sexual preference otherwise known as ‘equality’ seeing Barrack Obama elected, I care now only about Liberty. The right for an individual to reap rewards for productivity, innovation and accepting the consequences of wrong decisions. That is the foundation of Capitalism. I want a government that more then acknowledges this God given right, it defends it as it once did. The exact opposite is happening so it should be no surprise to see hundreds of thousands of people protesting whom understand the difference between Capitalism and Mercantilism, Fascism, Feudalism, Communism, Socialism or whatever term describes theft of productivity. The names change but the games stay the same.

In the information age, cause and effect of the rise and fall of empires are compressed in mere decades rather then centuries. The fall of the Soviet Union was twenty years ago and we are now at the very doorstep of the collapse of the American empire. Will America survive and prosper once again? Yes, but the question of whether the United States government known as Uncle Sam does is probably the more pertinant question.

Other nations chasing the prize of global hedgemony and preparing to receive spoils of our collective stupidy have already missed this important lesson - That obtaining such a prize of empire in the Information Age has become far less valuable. Alas, in the nuclear age, another world war would be catastrophic and the prize of empire made meaningless. But unfortunately I feel that the nations of the world will not learn this painful lesson until such a conflict is concluded and leaving us all on earth the job of building a shattered world to rebuild. Perhaps the only silver lining is that we may just leave certain practices behind and improve on others.

If We the People are going to pay a heavy, collective price for not paying attenting these last few decades to arrive where we are at now just like the Roman empire, then that price paid should include restoring Truth, Justice and the American way, true Capitalism – Reward for prudent decision-making and the protection of the fruits of one’s labors.