Imperial Rome and America: PC is the Connection

Rome fell because it tried oh so hard to be politically correct. We like to think it fell because of economic decline, or population reduction, or barbarian invasion. All of these do factor into Rome's demise but the unifying glue amongst them all was a term that they would hardly recognize that was killing them: political correctness. They would not have called it that of course, but we in the 20th century have the advantage of historical hindsight. When Rome's economy went into the tank, there was a concommitant decline in the number of Roman citizens who used to make up the core legions of its armies. There was a hue and a cry for Rome to open its borders to the Vandals, the Goths, and other assorted barbarians so that all might bask in the glory of being a Roman citizen. And in they came, by the millions. They settled in Rome's best land, took over its economy, and began to fill the ranks of its legions with those who may have worn the tunic of the legionnaire but did not adhere to its inner core of Roman beliefs. When there were more of the barbarians in the ranks of the legions than in the ranks of the opposing hordes of invaders, that was the end of Rome right there. Today in the United States, we see much the same. Those who in ancient Rome who dared to speak out against what they saw as madness were silenced with calls of insults by the egalitarian press that we today call the liberal media. Little has changed in 2,000 years.