Peter Cohen on Nostr: Decades of dystopian fiction have presented us with the idea that empires fall ...

Decades of dystopian fiction have presented us with the idea that empires fall instantly because of some sort of external or internal calamity - natural disaster, zombies, nuclear war, military junta, rise of the robots, take your pick.

But it's worth considering that the Roman Empire took more than two centuries to collapse.

Want to know what it's like to live during the collapse of an empire?

Go take a look outside. You're living through it.