Commentary on the Decline of the American Empire

Imperial decadence

COMMENTS on the visible decline and, in the most optimistic estimates, impending demise of the American empire often refer to the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago as a cautionary precedence. And the notorious emperors Nero and Caligula are occasionally compared with the incumbent US president. Those comparisons might not be ridiculous, but there is potentially a closer, albeit lesser known, analogue. Commodus became co-emperor in his early teens during the reign of his revered father, Marcus Aure...

By [email protected] (Mahir Ali)