The American Empire Is Quickly Declining

America Is Exhibiting All of the Signs of a Failing Empire: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

The American Empire Is Quickly Declining

Consummate insider Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson – former chief of staff to Colin Powell, and now distinguished adjunct professor of Government and Public Policy at William & Mary – notes that the U.S. is exhibiting all of the signs of a failing empire, including:

Relying on massive military force (and using gigantic complexes to support it) as the be-all and end-all of power, and belittling diplomacy
Maintaining standing armies, instead of disbanding military forces between wars
Using more mercenary forces than citizen troops
Spending disproportionately large amounts of blood and treasure in order to counter threats on the status quo … which simply exacerbates the threat against the empire
Going ethically and morally bankrupt
Ending up up having bankers and financiers end up running the real power
Suffering great hiccups in finance and trade
The leaders no longer really believe in or follow the ideals of the founders







The U.S. is also following the age-old recipe for imperial decline by:

Creating unsustainable levels of inequality
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/inequality-was-one-of-the-main-reasons-for-the-fall-of-ancient-rome-and-inequality-in-america-much-worse-than-it-was-in-rome.html

Incurring staggering levels of debt to finance war and luxury goods
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/10/america-is-repeating-the-mistakes-which-led-to-the-fall-of-the-hapsburg-empire.html

Debasing its currency
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/06/debasing-the-currency-is-leading-to-financial-collapse-just-as-it-has-for-thousands-of-years.html

Military overspending
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/08/no-bernanke-defense-spending-does-not-help-the-economy.html

Runaway corruption
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/04/empires-collapse.html

Apathy and greed
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/10/how-did-america-fall-so-fast.html

And the decline of the America empire is speeding up due the U.S. falling into the Thucydides trap.

Via http://www.washingtonsblog.com