Today on The Survival Podcast we will discuss the 7 most common traits of past empires that eventually led up to their collapse.  We will also discuss how every single one of them is clearly visible in the American empire of today. Many bristle when we say that America is in fact an empire. This is because term “empire” traditionally conjures images of expansive territorial domains ruled by a central authority, often gained and maintained through conquest. While the United States does not fit this classical definition of an empire, it does exert a form of imperial influence globally through … Continue reading →