Lessons of the Roman Empire for America Today

January 21st, 2006 at 14:10 Björn Hallberg

Voltaire Network scoops up a revealing document issued by the Heritage Foundation on the topic of empire. Perhaps unwittingly, the Foundation draws upon lessons from the Roman Empire and misses out on the irony of the implicit admission of guilt.

Voltaire Network - The superpower without complex - From now on, the American empire assumes itself with no complex at all, it’s even theorized by the elites of a country that accepts that democratic ideals are not theirs anymore. Thus, the Heritage Foundation held a conference on the lessons of the Roman empire for today’s America (The Lessons of the Roman Empire for America Today). As in Rome, the United States is called to play its role as a superpower by means of war and devastation. The American imperialism is not a mental construction of leftists or other alter-worldists. It’s a reality, in fact.

Voltaire has also collected a slew of other materials pointing to the same inevitable conclusion. Ironically, as many Americans resists the empire claim, their own leaders and elite think tanks are only too quick to draw upon empire references.

Academically speaking, of course no one can agree on what “empire” really means. It has become a slur that approximates reality. America however is first and foremost imperialistic or an “empire light.” The difference being that real empires at least bring order and have an open agenda to govern. As did the Romans, though it of course in reality meant Pax Romana and suffering. The bottom line is that reality is much worse than the “empire” concept reveals.

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