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Is America Heading for a Systems Collapse?

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Is America Heading for a Systems Collapse?
A woman walks a dog near the ruins of an ancient Roman aqueduct, in a park in a suburb of Rome on July 28, 2017. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
Victor Davis Hanson
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In modern times, as in ancient Rome, several nations have suffered a “systems collapse.” The term describes the sudden inability of once-prosperous populations to continue with whatever it was that had ensured they could enjoy the good life as they knew it.

Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”
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