I have been on this forum for some weeks now and have read all manner of threads that deal with national self-destruction and how it actually comes to pass. Inevitibly it always comes down to a misconception that that destruction is leveed fromoutside forces or from inside forces that do not conform to a "national idea". In actuality that has never been the case. Case after case through out history destruction of an Empire such as Rome, Germany, and now the United States has been accomplished through corruption and the concentration of power to one or one set of peoples that have a common ideology.
Sparta fell because the rigidness of its society did not allow change and cooperation. It isolated itself against the world shrinking smaller and smaller in its source of ideas and technology. The "one thought, one mind, one culture" concept of its extremely conservative government drove it to ruin. At the same time Athens with its Liberal ideology that welcomed all cultures rose to unrivaled power.
Rome flourish just as long as it maintained a democratic republic conquering lands yes but not isolating and subjegating the new conquered peoples. When Rome was politheist, it welcomed all religions as long as the religion did not challenge roman authority. It allowed some form of self rule and did not centralize its ideology nor its power. It acted like a Republic. Example was the "holy land" was governed by a Roman representative but it allowed people like Herrad to have dominion over his people. Kingdoms within the Empire. It is only when Constantine in the 4th century outlawed other religions and believes that the real destruction occurred. The multi-culture of Rome was now gone, and corruption was rife. There was no incective for the Iberian romans to actually defend the idea of Rome. No reason for any of the many cultures within rome to defend the new single minded conservative view that was now dictated by Consantine. It is when Constantine converted to christine and subjugated the entire empire to this convertion under penalty of death that Rome really fell.
Germany fell under the spell of conservative nationalism in the early 30's. The landmark of the real self-destruction of Germany when was newly elected (political coup take over) chancelor Hitler demanded the "Enabling Act." This gave him complete unfettered power to further corrupt the government. That is the exact time that a democratic republic became a dictatorship.
Now comes the United States and the parrallels are very simular. Bush came to power under a cloud, a political coup of voter fraud and corruption. Under the guise of national security Bush push onto this country the "Patriot Act" which basically reads just like the "Enabling Act". It destroys democracy and individual freedom. It ignores the constitution and the rule of law. It gives unfettered power to one person and "ENABLES" corruption to spread like a cancer on this country. There is no legal reason nor is there any physical reason for the Patriot Act other than the concentration of power to one corrupt set of individuals.
The recent decission by a court and the subsequint opinion of that court clearly spells out the unconstitutionality of the act. I put it to you that it is more than just unconstitutional. That it is by it's very nature the downfall of this country. The very means of Destuction From Within.
Enabling Act:
March 23, 1933 - Reichstag passes Enabling Act
Patriot Act:
USA PATRIOT Act (H.R. 3162)
Fall of Sparta:
Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Brittanica: Sparta
TheHistoryNet | Ancient and Medieval Wars | Sparta: The Fall of the Empire
Rise of Athens:
The Rise of Athens@Everything2.com
Contantine:
Roman Emperors - DIR Constantine I
I have not been able to cite all of the sources due to the volume and type..i.e.books, but here are a few sources to review.



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