Originally Posted by Guest

When the founding fathers began crafting the Articles of Free they looked to ancient civilizations forms of government and in particular Greece which was a democracy and Rome a Republic. They came to recognize that the eventual end of a democracy is anarchy and chose as their model the Republic of Rome.

It is one of the reason when people speak of concern for this nation they compare what is happening to what caused the rise and fall of Rome.

Today's American is doing an excellent job of mimicking Rome's problems including the corruption , decadence and having mercenary armies to defend it.

smarter people would take heed?

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