Originally posted by 99SESPORT:
Anybody take a second to compare our society to the great and might FALLEN Roman Empire from ages past? Anybody? Anybody?



Anyone take a second to compare our society to the much more recent fall of the French Third Empire (c1940)?

In the 1930's the French industrialists and the wealthy 5% of the country conspired with a right wing media to prevent social reform and to attempt to keep conservative (even fascist-leaning) governments in power.

Due to the rampant greed of the controlling elite, France was unable to seriously institute reforms which were desperately needed to cope with the depression and the burgeoning aggression of its hostile neighbor Germany. Those with wealth and power became consumed with the desire to preserve their wealth and power - at the expense of the country and everything else.

As a result, France began to decay from within like a rotten melon, greatly enhancing Germany's ability to waltz in and capture the country within a matter of days.