With the recent social media phenomenon of women finding out how often men think about Ancient Rome, the ubiquitous comparisons between late-imperial Rome and the dying American Empire have appeared.
It is a good time to revisit this article by Michael Anton which has aged extremely well: https://archive.ph/zsTNV
What if there is no clear historical analog to give us a roadmap for our future? What if our situation is entirely unprecedented in world history?
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