asks Randall Parker of Parapundit.
There are as many opinions on this subject as there are those who offer one. Certainly, there has been a study of it here on this blog.
Quality of leadership seems like the best explanation. Once Marcus Aurelius broke the pattern of selecting a good successor, Rome immediately began its decline.
Leadership can make or break a society. If you were to compare modern American leaders to the Founders, the comparison would favor the Founders by a large margin. The Founders made a nation, the current leadership is losing a nation. That's the difference.
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