With the appointment of Elon Musk and DOGE, the website for the Department of Government Efficiency has been taking a chainsaw (literally) to government waste, fraud, and corruption. While some critics on the left do everything to align itself with the Apocalypse of Finance, CEO Elon Musk, and blame him for all of their problems that existed prior to his appointment, Democrats have counted on ignorance and hate to fuel their attacks on Musk and President Trump for the cuts they have already made.
The Fall Of Rome
The fall of Rome was the loss of the Western Roman Empire’s central political control in 476 ad. The event marked the end of the Roman Empire’s ability to enforce its rule and the division of its territory. Invasions contributed to this fall by Germanic tribes, including the Vandals and Ostrogoths, invaded the Roman Empire.
Internal corruption was rampant……Inflation, over-taxation, and a trade deficit with the eastern regions of the empire contributed to financial stress…..The military was transformed into a mercenary army that was not loyal to Rome. The Western Roman Empire was divided among several successor polities.
The Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire survived and remained a power in the Eastern Mediterranean for centuries.
The Western Empire never regained its strength.
The similarities to the United States are striking.
The Roman Empire lost the strengths that had allowed it to exercise effective control over its Western provinces; modern historians posit factors including the effectiveness and numbers of the army, the health and numbers of the Roman population, the strength of the economy, the competence of the emperors, the internal struggles for power, the religious changes of the period, and the efficiency of the civil administration. Increasing pressure from invading peoples outside Roman culture also contributed greatly to the collapse. Climatic changes and both endemic and epidemic disease drove many of these immediate factors.[1] The reasons for the collapse are major subjects of the historiography of the ancient world and they inform much modern discourse on state failure.[2][3][4]
The fall of the Roman Empire and the current state of the United States share many similarities, including economic and political problems, income equality, and lack of self reliance. All issues the Trump Administration won the 2024 Election on. Rome devalued its currency to pay for wars and domestic spending, which led to a Ponzi scheme of debt. The US has also over $36 trillion in federal debt.
Just how much waste has DOGE uncovered?
As of the writing of this article, DOGE has uncovered 22 departments of state where waste, fraud, and abuse has occured. On a daily basis, new reports are published on their website that update Americans of the losses and recovers. To see the DOGE report daily Click on the graphic below
