The United States Empire wants to be the Roman Empire so bad that it’s following all its mistakes as well, and they’re predictably destabilizing everything.
Overreliance on exploited labor, particularly of disenfranchised people?
Check.
Oh! And more!
And some more!
Territory overexpansion and military overspending? Check!
Corruption and political instability?
Lol do I even need to link sources for this one? CHECK.
This one is also highly relevant bc more specifically, Rome instituted policies of indentured labor of farm workers to wealthy owners, which resulted in unstable food supply.
I wrote about this issue in the US at some length here:
And uh, our food supply (especially supplies desperately needed at food banks recently) is absolutely suffering for it.

eatingwell.com/article/291645…
Elite upper classes becoming obsessed with luxury, out of touch with average people, and hoarding wealth? Check.

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