{"product_id":"republics-dont-die-in-a-robert-geissler-9798251179644","title":"Republics Don't Die in a Day: ThinkTankMedia.Online","description":"\u003cp\u003eRome didn't fall in a day. It fell across centuries of choices - made by senators who knew better, emperors who told themselves they were the exception, and citizens who traded self-governance for security and spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound familiar?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRepublics Don't Die In A Day\u003c\/i\u003e, historian and author [Name] draws a devastating parallel between the fall of the Roman Republic and the trajectory of the modern United States. The mechanisms are nearly identical. Only the centuries differ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree interlocking forces destroyed Rome - and are now at work in America: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Endless War Machine\u003c\/b\u003e - Rome turned conquest into a business model that enriched the Senate while destroying the citizen-soldier class. America built a military-industrial complex that has spent $8 trillion on wars it cannot win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Currency Con\u003c\/b\u003e - Rome debased its silver denarius until it was worthless. America severed the dollar from gold in 1971 and has inflated away 97% of its purchasing power ever since. In both cases, the wealthy held real assets. Everyone else held the depreciating currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Death of Virtue\u003c\/b\u003e - Rome replaced citizen participation with bread and circuses. America replaced civic engagement with outrage and spectacle. The colosseum has a new name. The function is the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not a eulogy. It is a diagnosis - and diagnoses imply the possibility of treatment. But only if enough people can see what is happening clearly enough, and soon enough, to change it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe open question is whether they will.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Geissler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251179644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Robert Geissler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997531844863,"sku":"9798251179644","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/republics-dont-die-in-a-robert-geissler-9798251179644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}