Now, Harvard’s Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s leading financial historians, echoes Diamond’s warning: “Imperial collapse may come much more suddenly than many historians imagine. A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.” Yes, America is on the edge.
via The rise and certain fall of the American Empire Paul B. Farrell – MarketWatch.
Found this in a Google Alert. I think America is in decline. It the natural course of events. It isn’t the reason I prep. But being prepped for this is a nice fringe benefit of prepping for other things.
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(just saw that it is also over at Jewish Preppers)
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