Will America end up like Rome?
Rome was one of the greatest empires ever. Roman culture and ideas has had a major influence on how America is today. As we have learned, Rome evantually collapsed because of many reasons. One example is military reasons, the Germanic people kept invading and they were successful. They were successful because Roman legions lacked discipline and training that previous legions had. So, Rome hired mercenaries to fight for them, since they were mercenaries they had little loyalty to Rome.
Another reason Rome collapsed was because of political reasons. Government gradually became oppresive and authoritarian, so most the people did not support the government. More and more government officals became corrupt, and there were constantly civil wars to gain the throne. Civil wars greatly weakend a country already under attack. The rich East Roman empire did nothing to help the struggling west.
Economic causes also led to the collapse of Rome. People kept getting taxed more to support the huge government and military. Social causes also contributed to the collapse because many people felt they were lacking patriots and kept hiring mercenaries to fight for them. We say that Rome "fell" is not completely correct. Over time it changed into Byzantine, centuries passed and German customs and languages replaced roman customs.
That was basically how Rome fell. I do not believe america will end up like this simply because we are smarter than that and hopefully have learned from history's mistakes by now. We are going through a tough time right now but we will survive. Also, today people will not stand for corruption and unfair taxes. That is why we can vote people in elected office out. Another reason is that today with our advanced technology being invaded by another country like what happend to Rome is almost impossible because we still have the strongest military, not the biggest, in the world. We have already gone through a civil war, and if our country can survive that, we will survive for hundreds of more years.