Is America more like Rome before the fall or Hitler's Germany?
447927
Present America is like pre WWII Germany!\nYou just see they want any others to prosper. Because of their ongoing fookish decisions, whole world is suffering (e.g. hike in petrol price to $72/barrell!!! Is it not fact?)\n\nAmericans are enjoying their lavish life at the cost of world.\n\nThose who think otherwise, should re-assess their veiws & may modify their comments.
335487
Rome had the Colliseum and USA has the Thunder Dome.
782016
It went down that far when they elected Hitler....I mean Bush as president
80782
This is a thoughtful question..........Yes, this is a real possibility. America has always stood for the premise of what our country was founded by our forefathers.  Today we have so many people that want to enjoy the "freedom" of our Nation but do not want to accept the responsibilities. Many people do not hold to the same beliefs of the Bill of Rights or the Constitution...........they think of self and the dollar.  Many of the same 7 reasons Rome fell exist in the United States today.  Others have touched on the reasons, this weakens our nation. We need to take back the strengths that we held true in the 20th century and prior years.
713763
This theory you have is complete insanity!  How is it that any of the presidents you have mentioned are like Nazis????? \n\nThere is no way to answer this because there is no fact to base it one.\n\nJust because you hate the USA doesn't mean we all have to listen to your gibberish.
86203
Hitler was more evil then history wrote.  Some of the things in the history books are really toned down from what happened.  My father was in World War II.  He told me first hand stories about what he saw during the war.
9538
Rome and the USA are connected through it's morals, except that Rome was out to conquer the world the USA is out to control the world. (The difference is that the USA isn't actually making the conquered countries part of it, but is still establishing it's influence.) However what took Rome a thousand years, took the United States only two-hundred. The USA may be corrupted but it's citizens will stand together when faced with a problem. (WWII)
587227
no!!!!!  Many nukes, and a new beginning, with slugs being the dominant species!!!  \nThe U.S. is making a lot of enemies...if WW3 ever kicked off, we'd be in the same shit as everyone else, because our poor leadership has made a mockery and an evil thing out of democracy!
612209
Very much. While I'm no expert in Roman history, from what I remember from high school, Rome was taken down by a combination of complacent and out of touch citizens, corrupt and incompetant politicians, and a hodgepodge of smaller enemy groups that attacked them from all sides.\n\nIf that doesn't sounds familiar to Americans, we're just not paying attention at all.
309624
Now, now.  Just because Hitler and Bush used the same political manipulations (gotta love those gullible christians) and had wars doesn't make them one and the same.  Where's the overt racial and ethnocentric prejudice?  See?  He's more like a reformed Hitler, minus the economic prosperity.  Besides, Bush has far more elements of a robber barron of 100 years ago except instead of having people die over making railroads, they are getting shot for oil profits.  To Bush's credit, there has been far fewer causualties over in Iraq despite it being called a "war" than Carnegie produced in steel mills...  We're just bitter that we're not ripping off the American people ourselves though.  I mean, look at Michael Moore.  He got on the oil gravy train and now how much do you hear from him?  It's like a gasoline lined pacifier!\n\nAs for evil people?  Hey, there are fools supporting both politcial parties in this country.  It's open to all!  As Dinesh D'Sousa (former Regan advisor) said, there are thinking patriots and stupid patriots (aka dogmatic morons).  If it wasn't for DD coming in to talk for our local College Republicans, I might have never known for sure that the public rhetoric didn't really match the real Republican rationales for action.  I suspect that one day a lot of the "religious right" will get their clue on... and God help the republocrats when it happens!  (I'll be cheering on the christians that day, btw)\n\nOooh, wait, there's a real debate issue here?  Thank you fifiday1 for bringing that up!  Remember good old NAFTA?  You know, the one Bush senior's admin wrote up and good old Billybob Clinton signed into law.  Yeah, you know.  The one where your jobs go south along with all our actual trade policy.  Yep.  That one.  I actually studied it and an ungodly amount of the congressional record surrounding it.  It was BIPARTISAN, baby, oh yeah!  AND they knew it would be BAD FOR YOU!  Aren't our republicrats great!  They sent your wages to China, baby!  It's LONG gone.  You're worried about IMMIGRANTS?  Whatever.  We've gone GLOBAL and that means competiting for jobs with people in China, India, and Indonesia.  American Southwest?  That's just the tiny tip of the iceberg.  You'll be fighting that while Bush pushes CAFTA, which will just speed up your (ok, our) losses even more!  Gotta love the guy.  Tells you that he's against abortion with one head while the other head pressures people to ship their jobs to Timbuktu.\n\nPretzeldunce?  I'd bet Andrew Carnegie would call that sort of lining your pocket at other people's expense "nothing short of brilliant!"  It's every man for himself, baby, oh, yeah.  What a wonderful world we live in!\n\n\nPS. The questioner is making fun of a GAFF - another Bush slip of the tongue.  Political opponents try to make him look "stupid" because he has a speech impediment.  Everyone makes little typos and errors from time to time, but there is a crew of pundits waiting like vultures to jump on each and every one in every presidency.  Really, I like Eye_of_Sauron joke questions better...
721316
Bush is Adolf re-incarnated.  He actualy says exactly waht Hitler used to, including ' Now I have political capital'.
732798
simple.....propaganda \n\ngermany's entire population fell for it under Hitler.\n\nhistory will look at America as the fool
316483
It is the assumption that the USA is or ever was an Empire that will bring the fall. And yes, we, the USA, have been acting rather pompus. Rome comes to mind... \n\nI think that if we keep on at the rate we are going, our fate will follow that of the Roman Empire. (In a lose parallel...)\n\nEmpires are built by emperors. If you ask me, we made a mistake votting Bush Jr. into office. and then wtf, he was elected again!! Very suspicious if you ask me.
372180
I definitely AGREE! Bush and Hitler r the same. bush just sends his people to war and they r just being killed and bush doesn't give a shit what happens to them. Bush can burn in hell. the only reason y he went over to Iraq* is because that crazy ass dude that ran the country almost killed Bush's father so bush wanted to go over there and get revenge for his daddy. bush can burn in HELL!
491010
The Nazi government had an aim to try and better Germany and expand its borders for "living space". The policies and trends are completely different, so a direct comparison doesnt really work, but i see your point.\nThe current US gov is not, im my opinion making policies that greatly benefit the country, rather business and making rich people richer. The Nazi's, although very much misguided and twisted, did have grand plans to greatly improve Germany, which in some ways they did achieve (they achieved a lot of infrastructure improvements for instance).\nIt does have a nice ring to it though ;)
29232
That comparison is dated. Americans have never followed even the noblest of ideals championed by our for fathers when they are against money matters. The USA is now the puppet master that pulls the strings of over half of the world. It didn't start with Iraq. We've been doing it for over 200 years now. And it's good that we have been too. If we didn't grab up the oportunities someone else would. Look at history. Every country that gets its interior problems sorted out turn to imperialism, even our civilized cousins the French, the Belgians, the Swiss, all of them. Would you rather someone else held the whip?
1072603
Same as Germany 50 years ago.\n\nFor those that don't have the knowledge:\n50 years ago Germany was a postwar country trying to rebuild. Not only the world in and around them but also self image.