The fate of empires

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by coksiw

Well, it behaved like one according to Glubb and it is also showing its “age” perfectly described in the book.

A faction desiring economic dominance took over by force in 1865. The States were nationalized at that point and became economic subjects to these economic imperialists. The free nation of Hawaii was their next victim. They then experienced with seizing already existing colonies of Spain (Peurto Rico, Guam. the Philippines), but soon realized that the economic costs of colonization outweighed other benefits. Since then their focus has been on the homefront as they continue to grind their heel into the sovereign States.

[Amanah]

A semblance of the original structure of Roman empire continued in the Roman church which broke into the western part, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eastern part which continued until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

[coksiw]

This is my reasoning from his finding. The root cause, as he explains, it is excessive wealth. So, truly, this is then applicable to all human systems that generates a lot of wealth.
The pioneer, and conquest, and commerce stage is unique of an empire, or any other wealth motivated system expanding beyond their boundaries.

However, the affluence, and rest of stages, is the result of excessive wealth. That second part could happen even to a country that it is not an empire per-se, but somehow had a significant prosperity period that lasted enough generations to cause wide-spread corruption of people's souls.

There are so many verses in the Bible about that.