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 | | Subject: When Economies Collapse; Empires Soon Follow: A Historical Perspective Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:20 pm | |
| When Economies Collapse; Empires Soon Follow: A Historical Perspective  From M.o.1 -- There is much talk about a debt default/economic collapse of the United States of America. The biggest question that is on the tip of everyone's tongue is "how will this effect me" or "what will happen if we do default on our loans"? While a country the size of the United States has never fallen before, empires throughout history have suffered a similar fate once their economies hit the point that current US standards are hitting.
Here is a historical reference on two specific examples:
The Roman EmpireNero and other emperors debased the currency in order to supply a demand for more coins. By debasing the currency is meant that instead of a coin having its own intrinsic value+, it was now only representative of the silver or gold it had once contained. By the time of Claudius II Gothicus (268-270 A.D.) the amount of silver in a supposedly (100%) silver denarius was only .02%.
This led to or was severe inflation, depending on how you define inflation. Especially luxurious emperors like Commodus, who marked the end of the period of the good emperors, depleted the imperial coffers. By the time of his assassination, the Empire had almost no money left.
--From M.o.1 --Does this not sound like the current situation we are seeing in this country? As it stands, the private banking cartel known as the Federal Reserve has debased this nation's currency to the point where it is becoming worthless. With a fiat currency no longer backed by physical wealth such as gold and silver, we are seeing the same thing occurring here as they did w/ the currency in Rome. The "emperors" of today can be looked at as the global banking cartels and it is THEY who are robbing the coffers of this nation to where the empire known as the USA no longer has any money left.
The Soviet Union
--Before its dissolution, the USSR’s economy was second only to that of the United States. In 1989, the GDP of the USSR was $2.7 trillion — about 49% of US GDP ($5.5 trillion). And if you think that Greece’s finances are screwed up, you should see what the USSR looked like before it collapsed! Out-of-control government spending to prop up failed enterprises and fund military expansion and cold wars, all while subsidizing consumers. In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved. The currency was wiped out. Debt defaulted. Civil unrest. Cats and dogs living together. You get the idea.
The Soviet Union essentially went to zero.
--From M.o.1 -- Again, we are looking, at the time, at the second largest economy in the world. Yet w/ expanding military combined with debt default.....the USSR fell. Right now, the United States is stretched to it's limit as far as military is concerned however more money is being given to our defense funds each and every year as the economy is tanking right out from under us.
The important thing for people to understand is that if you start looking throughout history, this is who large empires begin to lose power. It has happened throughout history w/ some of the largest empires this world has ever known.......the same thing is now happening to the United States. Our society is doomed to repeat history once again however the people can prepare for this by knowing what is coming and prepare. Don't be caught w/ your pants down!
When India was liberated, many people point to Gandhi as the reasoning but this is not the case all together. The British has no problem w/ beating up Gandhi's people when they peacefully assembled and did so regularly. The real reason was due to the fact the Britian's economy could not support continuing control over India because their economy was in shambles from war. Therefore it was economically sound to just give up India rather than lose everything they had.
One of the things that typically comes out of such an action is civil unrest and we are starting to see shades of this now. We are seeing flash mobs popping up and randomly attacking people along w/ individuals just completely losing it! These people end up going on rampages leaving bodies in their wake. As Gerald Celente has said "Once people lose everything, they lose it". Once the Medicare, Medicaid and welfare checks stop going out.......people are going to be angry! Throughout history, this has been the case! They won't be able to reach the government so they will turn on each other in order to survive.
Don't be in the dark.....be informed.
Don't be scared.....be prepared. |
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