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Even if Western Civilization is in decline, it's unlikely to happen overnight. If we're to use the OP's choice of Julius Caesar, the Roman Empire didn't truly collapse until the fall of Constantinople some 1500 years later. Even at the height of the Roman Empire's decline, it still took a few hundred years before things finally started disappearing. You could argue that a form of the Roman Empire existed right up to the 1800's in the guise of the Holy Roman Empire (albeit a very loose one). Either way comparisons between an Empire and a particular set of civilization don't really work. Western Civilization will have its ups and downs depending on the nations its citizens live in. The British Empire's decline is perhaps a more modern example of how these things pan out and Britain is (more or less) still around. I don't think Western Civilization is going to disappear unless a serious technological, biological, nuclear or environmental disaster occurs, which results in a wipe out of populations. Climate change is likely going to be a big contributor, although it'll be a slow death rather than a rapid destruction. Is the United States in decline? Probably, but again it's a very slow process and the likelihood is we're not going to see any radical change. Even with the oompa-loompa idiot in charge, the US is still by and large running and profitable. quote:Across the west in general, but tbe United States is the center of the West right now, and you're kidding yourself if you don't see that. The EU has its own problems, specific to it, but there's a lot of cross over. I was going to argue against this, but actually I think this is probably accurate and also a possible example of where western civilization may well fracture. If the EU or Europe continues its construction of being a group of nations working together, you could see a further split in civilization between western United States, central European and eastern Asian. If anything a good place to observe at the moment would be the United Kingdom. It will likely collapse into something else within the next hundred years or so.
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