05.04.10
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Collapse of the American Empire: Swift, Silent, Certain
Commentary: Historians warning of a sudden ‘thief at night,’ an
‘accelerating car crash’
By Paul B. Farrell,
March 09, 2010 ” MarketWatch” — “One of the disturbing facts of history is
that so many civilizations collapse,” warns anthropologist Jared Diamond in
“Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” Many “civilizations
share a sharp curve of decline. Indeed, a society’s demise may begin only a
decade or two after it reaches its peak population, wealth and power.”