I'm John Batser, Gaiaz, and Germanicus Machovelaus is here, two Roman citizens philosophizing.

It's late in the evening of an autumnal Londonium, we're very confident as Roman citizens

that might have roamed.

We're looking at the 21st century, however, and Russia is in contests with all of

Europe, led by, supported by the United States, and terror elements of Hamas working very

clearly for Iran are involved in a contest with Israel, supported by the United States.

The common theme here is that the United States is all powerful in the 21st century as

an empire, but that empire is wobbly.

And why?

The question is the foundations of the empire.

Once upon a time it presented itself as a representative republic.

We elect individuals who go to Washington and make decisions on the basis of what's best

for us the voters.

Now there's been a concern for some years that the democracy is either dying or has

disappeared or could disappear momentarily.

That happened in the Roman Republic.

It passed into the hands of civil strife, and then it passed into the hands of an emperor.

Augustus, our hero, our god.

We like the Roman Empire as it is right now in 91 AD.

However, there is a opinion in the United States that though it is an empire, though it

is supporting Europe, though it is supporting Israel, though it is battling the gods and

killers, though it is contesting for Eurasia with both China and Russia simultaneously.

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