In 1998 Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela. Since his arrival, Venezuela has suffered a social class division and a separation of the political placement. Furthermore, his regime has poisoned and destroyed what was once known as a great economic and productive country. His government, as part of a political strategy, started attacking verbally and physically any attempt of the opposition to question Chavez’s decisions. Subsequently, Chavez has campaigned throughout the continent in an effort to spread his ideology. This campaign has increased the national debt, and has impacted the economical structure of the country. In an attempt to build an empire, as cyclic history has showed us, Chavez will face the fall before the rise.
It took centuries for Rome to finally fall, although it still debatable the exactly time or specific reason. Many will argue that Rome was transformed from a military power to a religious power. Others will say the Rome Empire collapsed because they became too large or the emperors failed to lead in the right way. Senators empowered politics instead of pushing society forward. Some scholars blamed Christianity, monetary and military problems. All these factors might have caused the fall of Rome, but the idea of imperialism still exists. Before and after Rome, empires have risen and fallen.
Today, empires still exist within the limitations of our current society. We have seen empires rise and fell dramatically. The Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, separating into 15 different countries.
The United States have more military bases around the world that any other country. Their military power is astonishing, but it has fired them back with an anti-imperialist sentiment from the rest of the world. Recently, many countries in Europe have joined their efforts to become a more strong and powerful union. They have worked hard to bring down boundaries and build a common European constitution, including an European military force. Will this be the next Rome Empire? Time will tell. But, what we can be sure about is that the human nature never changes. Power, competition, desire of expansion, and even greed are part of our nature. History repeats itself, the only difference is that it will take years instead of centuries for the next empires to rise and fall.
An interesting blog post. I don’t agree with your thesis that the Roman Empire still exists at all. I also cannot say that I completely understand why you immediately started off your post with the history of Venezuela and Hugo Chávez as their leader, I do not see this information as relevant. I agree with your opinion that one of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire was that they had a series of bad emperors. I very strongly disagree with your idea that the romans were the first imperialistic civilization. I also don’t think that just because the U.S.S.R. was an imperialistic society, that the roman civilization still exists through there imperialistic ideology. Your final paragraph was very confusing to read. Your extensive use of pronouns made it difficult to understand. I could not tell if you were referring to the United States, or some sort of European Union when you suggested that there might be another Roman empire in the future. I do agree with your point that indeed, history does tend to repeat itself. -Lloyd, Group 1.
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