Tuesday, November 29, 2005
FR. JIM TUCKER ON THE DEATH OF AMERICA
The Death of America -- I forget where I found the link, but Drudge has posted on a number of end-of-America TV programs slated for 2006. Even though it's possible that the United States will be what the Roman Empire aspired to be -- an empire without limits of space or time, lords of all things, as Vergil said -- it's highly unlikely. I sometimes sit and wonder how this country will meet its end. Many seem to think our greatest danger lies in attacks from our enemies abroad -- in the Cold War, we most feared attack by the Soviets (remember watching Red Dawn back in the '80s?), now it's the Islamic terrorists. Moralists and religious conservatives often cite moral decline as the time bomb waiting to destroy us, and sometimes draw historically shaky connections to the Fall of Rome.
I think my own fears about the collapse of America are plotted out in the great dystopian novels of the 20th century, which depict a swollen government that has assumed total control over the lives of its citizens. This is repeated in the Star Wars cycle -- consolidation of power in the name of security and efficient government, incremental crushing of liberties, and a new order of things that still manages to keep many of the exterior trappings of what went before.
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I think he is way too close to reality to make this blog an easy read.
Thanks to pml for the link.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
