Rome fell, the British empire fell, hundreds of other superstates have fallen, what makes you think that the lines on the map of the world won't be redrawn again?
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I didn't say they wouldn't. I said the nation state isn't going to fail as a concept. At least in any living person's lifetime. And I largely reject the notion that America is a "late state empire" a-la Rome.
I know it's a very popular form of historical analogy, and yes, I've read Dalio's book. But I think it's not instructive about what's happening right now. For reasons I've already laid out. Not just in this post. But it others.
The Roman empire existed for a few hundreds years after Rome fell. I'm sure America will be fine. It's borders may change, it may lose some territory but it's unlikely it'll stop existing anytime soon
If you’re referring to the Byzantine Empire, that persisted after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it persisted for far more than a few hundred years. It lasted 1,000 years!