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Entry: America: An Empire? Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/america_an_empire#12923 Post contents: Allen and Nergol, No Nergol, my religion is not America. I think it a fair 50-50 chance that the lapsed Republic will seriously stumble within the next few years as the ramifications of the drunken fiat Economy and imperial over reach come home to roost. The clueless average American will be woefully unprepared to deal with it if it occurs, because the average citizen has not the first clue of the ridiculous nature of it debt-centered consumerist lifestyle. Allen, as an economist, you must be stunned by the counterintuitive American approach to "superpowerhood" I do possess stubborn admiration for the initial idea of America, when triumphalism had not created the cluster boink that is present today..... when the idea of an empowered and productive citizen with a small government held sway. The Founders created a creaky machinery of clunks and pauses to combat the perversions of centralized power only to see the current generation turn that idea on it's head. Happy New Year to all. Sent at: 2009 01 07