[dessimus]

>The US is a huge economy with a massive military infrastructure.

Yeah, because famously neither Rome nor Spain nor England had massive military infrastructures for their times.

[fernie]

The fall of Rome took like 400 years...

[bryanlarsen]

Well over 1000 years of you consider the Byzantine Empire to be Roman, and I think you should.

[michaelteter]

Life moves much faster now.

[tremon]

...and breaks things.