Is the American Empire on the brink of a swift and total collapse?

[MohdSalleh]

Quote from jprad:

Dude, seriously, Hitler?

Chill out, dude. Why get so angry on an internet forum?
How about this?


"Remember citizens of Rome there is no way you can bet against the Roman empire and win! Who is going to replace us, the barbarians? Impossible."
-Flavius Eugenius(died 6 September 394), Roman Senator, Emperor Western Roman Empire

 

[Mav88]

America was never an empire, just a cop. It is time though to stop patrolling for everyone else.

In any event it is not foreign affairs or the military messing us up, it's all the shit on the inside. If you read history much (it obvious that some of you don't), you will realize that we have been historically isolationist until WWII. FDR had to fight the isolationists to help the UK.

 

[DrPepper]

Quote from shortie:

"black market in gold trade is coming soon if true"

Quote from Bob111:

unlikely..something like this will be adopted very quickly-


http://www.the-privateer.com/1933-gold-confiscation.html

Buy silver. You can purchase it in quantities less than $600 and it is a better value than gold, anyway. If people lose faith in their devalued dollars, they will be buying groceries with old silver coins, not gold. Seasonally, PMs start going up in price within the next month.

 

[phenomena]

Really? Got a link?

Quote from Jeff700:

In the mean time USA just passed a new bill.

When you buy gold over 600 bucks, government gets to know WHO you are and HOW MUCH you bought exactly.

LLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL

USA deserves to collapse

 

[Ninjatrader1]

In a Los Angeles Times column, Ferguson asks: "America, a Fragile Empire: Here today, gone tomorrow, could the United States fall that fast?" And his answer is clear and emphatic: "For centuries, historians, political theorists, anthropologists and the public have tended to think about the political process in seasonal, cyclical terms ... we discern a rhythm to history. Great powers, like great men, are born, rise, reign and then gradually wane. No matter whether civilizations decline culturally, economically or ecologically, their downfalls are protracted."

We are deceiving ourselves, convinced "the challenges that face the United States are often represented as slow-burning ... threats seem very remote."
... continued at link ...

What do you think?

 

[Kassz007]

Quote from phenomena:

Really? Got a link?

Look at the author of the post and accept the fact he has no credibility.

 

[LEAPup]

Quote from DrPepper:

Quote from shortie:

"black market in gold trade is coming soon if true"



Buy silver. You can purchase it in quantities less than $600 and it is a better value than gold, anyway. If people lose faith in their devalued dollars, they will be buying groceries with old silver coins, not gold. Seasonally, PMs start going up in price within the next month.

Good post!

For smaller purchases like food, gas, clothing, etc., I can see where silver may be just what the Dr. ordered.

 

[DrPepper]

Quote from Jeff700:

"In the mean time USA just passed a new bill.

When you buy gold over 600 bucks, government gets to know WHO you are and HOW MUCH you bought exactly."

Quote from phenomena:

Really? Got a link?

http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/tax/costly-changes-1099-reporting-health-care-bill

The new bill being referred to is the gargantuan health care bill pushed through by Nancy Pelosi before anyone could read the fine print. I do not believe that gold is specifically mentioned, just any purchase over $600. Therefore, if you go to a coin shop and buy or sell one ounce of gold, they will be required to file a 1099. If you buy the gold, the government will know that you have it. If you sell the gold and cannot prove your cost basis, you could be subject to a very high punitive tax if enacted in the future. The government won't have to outlaw gold as was done during the great depression, they will just tax it to death. Once again, this supports the purchase of silver instead, which can be bought and sold easily in quantities less than $600.

 

[Larson]

Quote from MKTrader:

Where do you buy your Kool-Aid?

The 70s were awful--much like the last few years. However, I'll agree we overspent in the 80s-90s. Tax cuts were good; increasing spending wasn't.

The lost years of ~1966-1982, where both stocks and the economy stagnated, were largely the result of ridiculously high "progressive" tax rates and LBJ's garbage. The Reagan years got part of the solution right, but didn't cut spending or dismantle nearly enough bureacracy (including whole Federal departments) from the LBJ to Carter years.

I can't say, but the poster may have experienced the 70's firsthand. I would rather be back there than where we are today. Desolation is the future.

 

[Larson]

Quote from dumb_mother:

with the current state of affairs isn't it many multiples more likely that the white male will be made the scapegoat rather than the victor in this process. open your eyes to the rampant racism that has been embraced by our society. it isn't the anti-ILLEGAL-immigration that is truly gaining support- but the demands for "well-rounded" "cultural diversity".

The white male outnumbers all the rest. Conditions get ugly, who do you think comes out ahead? That is Chomsky's point.