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Well, when you say white supremacy is reductionist, the more I study American History (and I've been doing so for 60 years), the more I see most of its problems are mostly due to white supremacy. The Roman Empire lasted roughly 700 years. The American Empire became effectively an empire around 1600, as it conquered most native populations by then, and had a fairly stable authority in North America. So the American Empire has lasted roughly 400 years. To match the Romans, America has to last another 300 years to, the year 2300. Do you think it will last that long? Many people are giving it a few more decades, as climate change, authoritarianism, and internal and external conflict bring a tremendous collapse-- like the fall of the Roman Empire, caused by slave rebellions, that will usher in another Dark Age, where only small isolated groups will survive and sustain themselves during a multitude of wars between barricaded duchies. What do you think?

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