>>19811
All empires are ephemeral and this is what the US and Europe are currently experiencing.

The final stages of empires, like the Han, Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, Spanish and British always include the same ingredients some of which are:

1: Excessive Debts and Deficits
2: Currency Collapse
3: Collapse of asset prices including bonds and stocks
↑(aka shit that does not matter to live, propped up by fraud/debt)
4: Hyperinflation in the final stages, especially in food, commodities & services
↑(aka hard assets needed to survive that DO actually matter)
5: Migration
6: High Crime Rates & Breakdown of Law & Order
7: Moral Decadence
8: Social Unrest, Civil War
9: International War