fall of Rome

Casually observing the U.S. federal government along with American society in general, numerous similarities between ancient Rome and these United States come to mind. Although I thought I knew the “Rise and Fall of Rome” story, I didn’t know the half of it! I figured the similarities between the gladiator to-the-death games compare with our…

One doesn’t have to be a brilliant social analyst to see that the contemporary world order is doomed, destined to start visibly crumbling within the next decade or two at the latest. The neoliberal system, in fact the corporate capitalist system, is radically unsustainable. It is too unstable, too universally rapacious, too humanly exploitative and environmentally destructive, too demoniacally self-consuming–for capitalism can profit from its self-immolation!–to last much longer.