No Empire Is the Exception

By Larry D. Roberts

Every empire in history has eventually fallen.
None believed it would be them.
America is not an exception to that rule.

While other nations are growing stronger, more unified, and more strategic, the United States is unraveling from within. We comfort ourselves by saying we have the world’s greatest military, as if firepower alone guarantees survival. But a powerful military without real leadership is like handing a tank to a baby—destructive, reckless, and directionless.

This president has divided this country like no one else in the last 50 years—maybe longer. Chaos has become so constant that many of us don’t even recognize it anymore. We’ve been unknowingly programmed to expect dysfunction every single day. Hate, insults, and endless drama have been normalized and repackaged as “patriotism.”

Let’s be honest: this isn’t strength.
This is decay.

He is not only damaging America at home—he is creating instability around the world. Threatening this country, talking about taking that country, bullying allies, provoking enemies, and escalating tensions everywhere simply because he doesn’t get his way. That is not leadership. That is ego unchecked.

America has not been “put first.”
America has been sold out.

We are increasingly governed by billionaires and corporate interests, while working people struggle to survive. His family, friends, and inner circle grow wealthier by the day, while many of his supporters defend him blindly—even as the ground beneath them cracks.

Ask yourself honestly:
How long will you let hate consume you before it consumes the country?

The truth is plain to see. He is surrounded by weak men trying to act strong. Yes, they are strong enough to hurt people like you and me but when faced with real power, real accountability, or real consequences, they bend the knee.

To my Republican friends many of whom I respect, many of whom I care about this is not an attack on you. This is a plea.

This is not about politics or policies.
It’s about the country you and I both love.

We can disagree on taxes, regulations, borders, and culture but deep down, I believe we both know this: America is not moving in the right direction. You know the lies. You see the corruption. You feel the exhaustion of nonstop drama.

Please speak up.
Please stand up.

Because if good people stay silent long enough, we won’t be arguing over politics anymore we’ll be asking how we lost the country altogether.

History doesn’t collapse overnight.
It collapses while people keep telling themselves, “This is normal.”

And it’s not.