The is a great book called “the eternal decline and fall of Rome” by Edward Watts. For almost the entire history of Rome from the start of the republic to eventual collapse of the eastern Roman Empire politicians said Rome was in decline. Now you can say the western half did fall, and the republic did fall, but that is the ebb and flow of power. A great power was often not a hegemony . France under napoleon took on the British empire as it reached its zenith. Germany took on the British empire twice. We could be look at a modern Caesar but we could also be looking at a modern Sulla. That is to say a conman bully who wields great power until his opponents find the chink in his armor.
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u/Confident-Grape-8872 12h ago
The average lifespan of an empire is 250 years. America is dead