Discussion»Questions»Current Events and News» Sure the U.S spends a lot on NATO but with military bases spread out all over the world whoever said running an empire is cheap?
Every dominant culture eventually collapses unless it is conquered first. The USA has been showing symptoms of the collapse process since about WW2: increasing welfare rolls, decreasing quality of arts and entertainment, closing the borders, tax rate over 12%, and other signs.
Only 21 countries have governments older than a century. Twelve of them are in South America or around the Gulf of Mexico. Libya had a king for 2800 years, but switched to a president in 1975. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_formation_date
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