The Daring Dufas wrote:

It's amazing at what happens to advanced civilizations at their peak.
I wonder, could it be because the people become too comfortable and
maybe too complacent? Imagine what would have happened if the Roman
Empire had endured for another 500 years. What's your opinion?


Hindsight is often compressed.

It took Rome longer to FALL than the U.S. has been in existence!