The problem with the barbarians crashing the walls and gates of the Roman Empire wasn’t the barbarians, it was the rot inside the walls that led to weakness and an inability to hold off the barbarians.
The USA empire is rotting behind the gates because it has failed to evolve anti-fragile thinking, practices and institutions.
Trump has Druid juju. His mother, originally a poor immigrant from the Outer Hebrides, spoke fluent Gaelic.
The problem with the barbarians crashing the walls and gates of the Roman Empire wasn’t the barbarians, it was the rot inside the walls that led to weakness and an inability to hold off the barbarians.
The USA empire is rotting behind the gates because it has failed to evolve anti-fragile thinking, practices and institutions.