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- "The case of Argentina is an empirical demonstration that no matter how rich you may be, or how much you may have in terms of natural resources... if measures are adopted that hinder the free-functioning of markets, the only possible fate is poverty." - Argentina's President Milei speaking at Davos https://www.latintimes.com/warning-peril-western-world-closer-look-mileis-davos-speech-amid-argentinas-crisis-550531 582 comments economics
- Assyrian Genocide A Fate Worse Than Death (2023) - In addition to Armenians and Pontic Greeks, the Assyrian genocide was one of three mass campaigns of extermination waged by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Over 250,000 Assyrians were murdered. [00:19:32] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEJg81ntjTU 133 comments documentaries
- The Inflation Reduction Act Is Making America Great Again! For decades, people have been wringing their hands and bemoaning the fate of America’s once great industrial empire. The Inflation Reduction Act has changed all that. Manufacturing in America is roaring back. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/07/the-inflation-reduction-act-is-making-america-great-again/amp/ 46 comments futurology
- The Disastrous Anglo-Zulu War (2022) The Anglo-Zulu War erupts as British troops cross into the Zulu Kingdom of present-day South Africa. Behind King Cetshwayo, the mighty Zulu warriors make a defiant stand against the largest empire on earth in fateful battles at Isandlwana. [0:12:51] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQZU1WgwcE 23 comments documentaries
- The rise and the rainfall of the Roman empire - A link between drought and the fate of ancient emperors bodes ill for modern times https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/08/01/the-rise-and-the-rainfall-of-the-roman-empire?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/theriseandtherainfalloftheromanempiredailychart 10 comments science
- Give the Empire Its Due: Can the Fate of the Death Star Tell Us Anything About Aircraft Carriers? http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/give-the-empire-its-due-can-the-fate-of-the-death-star-tell-us-anything-about-aircraft-carriers/ 3 comments geopolitics
- Fate of Empires http://people.uncw.edu/kozloffm/glubb.pdf 19 comments history
- North Korea likens fate of modern-day US to the fall of the Roman empire: Pyongyang issues dire warning from history in response to Barack Obama speech on contemporary America’s legacy http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/08/north-korea-us-roman-empire 10 comments worldnews
- "The decline of previous global powers..began when the empires they'd built simply became too big and expensive..Nothing protects the U.S. from the same fate, and it may soon have to decide what it wants most: a society that can afford Medicare, education..or one that can play sheriff to the world." http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/06/17/kelly-mcparland-obama-cant-control-the-world-maybe-he-shouldnt-try/ 3 comments politics
- Road to Empire: An illegal treaty with Iraq seals our fate - by Justin Raimondo http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=11966 3 comments politics
- The Colbert Report – Are We Rome? Colbert interviews Cullen Murphy, author of the book "Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America" - [VIDEO] http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2007/06/10/the-colbert-report-%E2%80%93-are-we-rome/ 3 comments reddit.com