How America Is Like Rome: Ayn Rand Explains

well yes more the Roman society the parallels between the collapse of Western civilization and the collapse of Rome are very numerous and very great the most obvious one is the fact that Rome grew great in its period of Freedom that is as a Republic and the collapse started with the change into an Empire and the growth of government controls including even a welfare state known by the slogan of bread and circuses it is the growth of Taxation and of government control that destroyed the economy of Rome and caused its collapse and which made it possible for The Barbarians to take over you see an exact parallel happening today we don't have to give up and give in to The Barbarians yet but they're certainly waiting very anxiously

Channel: Ayn Rand Institute

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Keywords: ARI, Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand Institute, Fountainhead, Individual Rights, Individualism, Objectivism, Objectivist, Philosophy, Reason, Rights, Capitalism, Freedom, Liberty, Atheism, Secular Humanism, Libertarian, Conservative, Libertarianism, Conservatism, Greece, Rome, Ancient world, Bread and circus, barbarians, Roman empire, government controls

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Length: 1min 35sec (95 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 30 2023