“The most worthless of mankind are not afraid to condemn in others the same disorders which they allow in themselves; and can readily discover differences in age, character, or station, to justify the partial distinction.” Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The most worthless of mankind are not afraid to condemn in others the same disorders which they allow in themselves; and can readily discover differences in age, character, or station, to justify the partial distinction.” Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Sanjeev Sanyal is 100% right. Nations that forget the lessons of their maritime past will decline. India grasped this and is actively reclaiming what was lost across four wasted decades of socialist ideology from 1948 to the 1990s. Britain built one of history's greatest maritime trading civilisations, from the 1270s through to the early 20th century. I have spent three volumes documenting how that civilisation was constructed, the wealth it generated, and the forces that dismantled it. Two causes above all others. First: a civil service modelled, extraordinarily, on China's imperial mandarins, classically trained, commercially illiterate, constitutionally averse to trade and industry. Second: the post-1945 socialist creed that Whitehall knew best, which multiplied bureaucracy twenty-fold, strangled entrepreneurship and systematically drove wealth-creators out. India ditched the latter. Britain's current government is doubling down on both. Its energy policy is an incoherent, self-defeating shambles. Its immigration policy is unsustainable by any demographic measure. Its tax code runs to 23,000 pages; Hong Kong's runs to 300. In 2024, the Ministry of Defence had more civil servants than trained RAF and Navy personnel combined. This is what national decline looks like. Sanyal is right to highlight maritime trade.

🚨𝟲 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥 All six players who narrowly missed selection for South Africa’s final 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup declined an offer to watch Bafana Bafana’s opening match in Mexico. Brandon Petersen, Patrick Maswanganyi, Thabiso Monyane, Thapelo Morena, Lebohang Maboe, and Brooklyn Poggenpoel were each offered fully-funded trips. The package covered travel and accommodation to witness Bafana Bafana take on co-hosts Mexico at Estadio Azteca on 11 June. The generous package came through a partnership secured by Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie with Old School. Initial reports said Lebohang Maboe opted against the offer to focus on pre-season training with Kaizer Chiefs. The latest developments confirm the five other players followed suit.

@alarnath sir currently wave 2 is running ?? If yes, around at what level it can decline ? Breakout retest ?? Please confirm sir

⛔️‼️The 'Empire' is NOT collapsing; it is NOT in decline. The illusion of 'Western civilization' is. The 'Empire' is removing its mask, and preparing to turn you into obedient slaves without agency, without privacy, and without any freedom except to go fuck yourself.

In today’s @DailyMail an essay from my new book, ‘ISLAND OF STRANGERS: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis’. We must not destroy freedom of speech in the name of multiculturalism 👇

“The most worthless of mankind are not afraid to condemn in others the same disorders which they allow in themselves; and can readily discover differences in age, character, or station, to justify the partial distinction.” Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

More and more Americans have convinced themselves that decline cannot be reversed. They say they have never seen a miracle. Perhaps they simply are not looking. History is full of things once thought impossible.

5/6 Freedom of expression is tightly constrained by the "Great Firewall" and strict censorship. In regions like Hong Kong, recent security laws have led to a sharp decline in press freedom and the right to peaceful assembly, silencing many dissenting voices.

He's a creation of the Modi era. Not particularly scholarly The empire isnt in decline, its retreating to a fortress, shielded by the oceans. Huge resources make them self sufficient Their tech will enable trade and fix their debt But they don't want non white people anymore

Unreal Decline ⤵️

This feels more like surrender than decline🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

NSCA taught us the correct form for the Chest fly. We also honor there are several possible variations for the Chest fly exercises to have incline, decline, etc. I guess that we still should try to do the canonical form for the Chest fly often.

One clear sign that we are a country in decline is that the state and its corporate entities don't care to communicate any more. The other day saf mpesa was down, no communication was given. No customer care nothing. Today the KPLC token system is down, no comms or anything.

Thread 3/4 3. 1000th Holder Metric Behavior (June 1 – June 14) Analysis: - The 1000th holder position decreased from 40,326 to 30,435 tokens. - While this shows some mid-tier holders reduced their positions, it can also be viewed as healthy rotation after the strong accumulation phase seen in May. - Importantly, even with this decline, the total number of holders remained very stable. This suggests that while some mid-tier wallets took profits or reduced exposure, the broader community continued to hold. Conclusion: The drop in the 1000th holder metric reflects some profit-taking, but it hasn’t significantly impacted the overall holder base. This is common during consolidation phases.

not to be overdramatic or anything, but the decline in popularity of handwritten letters is one of the most disappointing decisions we have made as a modern society.

I disagree with you on the reduction of the vices, I think if the economy improves even with enough jobs the vices rates won't decline rather it will find it way into the system and pollute the improvement in the economy because youths are deeply rooted in this vices, and are not

there is no American decline wrt rest of world. It's pulling away from EU. It's economic power has gapped up, not down - with China only contender in sight (that too nowhere close)

Unfortunately, he was also complicit in the downward spiral of decline in our armed forces. Needs to be said.