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Are We Rome?(Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America)(Brief article)(Book review)
Murphy writes that "Americans have been casting eyes back to ancient Rome since before the Revolution," and goes on to interrogate the comparisons drawn both by "triumphalists," who see the world's only superpower in terms of the Roman Empire at its height, and by "declinists," who see America as "dangerously overcommitted abroad and rusted out at home," like Rome before its fall. Murphy makes telling points about the solipsism of political elites and the impact of corruption and cronyism on ...
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