carey_jim

A Nation of Debtors

These things are so complicated that historians argue their causes for generations and never come to generally accepted conclusions.

For example,

Gibbon thought that Christianity was the cause of the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Other historians think it was due to lead poisoning: The Romans used lead pipes to deliver drinking water to their homes.

Arnold Toynbee and other historians of civilization have come to the conclusion that civilizations are similar to people who rise to power only to become soft and corrupt with luxury and excess and fall into ruin as a consequence. He concluded that civilizations need challenges to rise to greatness.

America is supposed to be a Christian nation where 90% of the people believe in God and yet America is known the world over for its wars of aggression, its prostitution, homosexuality, drug use, obesity, racism, inequality and injustice, and for the dysfunction of its legal, educational and medical systems.

Yes, everyone wants to come to America, but not for its lofty ideals. They want to come to America to make money, by any means.

Freedom, equality and justice? They go begging in the streets of America: "Hey man, can you loan me a dollar?"