tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538968229048395422.post9053583785543623158..comments2023-10-05T02:17:42.529-07:00Comments on LESLIE J. SACKS: Is America Like Rome?Leslie J. Sackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294096051351108671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538968229048395422.post-62768275148934929542009-08-03T15:20:43.283-07:002009-08-03T15:20:43.283-07:00Definitely a good point to make, and it does seem ...Definitely a good point to make, and it does seem as though this empire too will fall.<br /><br />However, I do think that the mere fact of lack of production does not make that true. Labor will never be as cheap here as it is in India or China, and the lobbyists push to force companies to keep those jobs here is hardly the way of a free market.<br /><br />What America needs to do (and what we sometimes do) is be a leader in thought, innovation, and change. This is the way to retain our empire, not through assembling microchips. If unemployment is going up, then let's use our brains to fix it. If our cars are shit, then let's design better ones.<br /><br />We have all the potential to be great again, unfortunately potential is useless, only action matters.Alan S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538968229048395422.post-33257005134781716542009-07-09T11:03:49.259-07:002009-07-09T11:03:49.259-07:00The fat cats sure need a diet and a wake up call. ...The fat cats sure need a diet and a wake up call. I agree.Gill Katznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538968229048395422.post-4780784451276004532009-07-08T14:48:39.495-07:002009-07-08T14:48:39.495-07:00You seem to be echoing what Oxfam activists are sa...You seem to be echoing what Oxfam activists are saying with their recent costumed protests against the G8 (Perhaps you should consider widening the comment to include other nations too?)Anthony Goldsteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538968229048395422.post-30350264954716303862009-07-07T12:36:52.677-07:002009-07-07T12:36:52.677-07:00I don't think there is any doubt that in many ...I don't think there is any doubt that in many ways we are following in Rome's footsteps. Not only that, but every great power has followed a pretty similar path. If the U.S. is to be an exception, we as a people will have to undergo a very fundamental change... in a hurry.Larry Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429321109603511750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5538968229048395422.post-3058511870860336072009-07-07T09:41:43.071-07:002009-07-07T09:41:43.071-07:00You make a decent point, except that you describe ...You make a decent point, except that you describe decades of decline and then pin it on a man who has been in office for less than six months. Reagan's policies have in a large way led to our depleted industrial capacity, and to say that Reagan defeated Communism by sheer willpower is ignorant of the forces that had been working to destroy the communist empire from the inside since its inception.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com