| Slimebeast said: America is simply too strong to fall. The most powerful civilization in history after Rome. This may sound slightly ironic since we all know Rome fell, but I truly believe history won't repeat itself in America's case. |
I hate to break it to you, but empires fall all the time, including ones larger than the States.
Also, the Romans were NOT the largest empire ever. They're actually quite far down. That title goes to the British, in both land area and GDP. They were a monstrous sized group that controlled around a quarter of the planet's surface in their hey day. Quite unrivalled in power during their high times. 20% of the world's population at the time was theirs to control. Now Britain is an island in northern Europe with a few places here and there dotted around the world. I bet you money that they didn't think they'd fall in the future either.
The 20th Century has been absolutely riddled with the corpses of fallen empires. We go through them fast lately.
The British one fell apart right between the World Wars, right when the German and Japanese Empires were growing (yes, Nazi Germany was an empire), only to have the crap kicked out of them by numerous other groups, but, admittedly, mostly the Americans and the Soviets (kind of an empire in itself as well). Soviets fell on their own and this just leaves the Americans. (I know, people might complain at me for calling the States an empire, but it's less conquering and more financial and military presence than anything else. Think about how wide they range.)
One also doesn't realize that between around 1500 and 1900, a lot of the European countries all had colonies they had dominion over. Not anymore.
TLDR:
Bigger boys have fallen apart than the States has, so never say never. Just because you've never seen the massive collapse of a world power doesn't mean it hasn't happened a LOT even in surprisingly recent times.
