"And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but are you unable to discern the signs of the times?"
Concurrently, the political class becomes increasingly tyrannical in order to hold the collapsing edifice together. In the final stages, tyrannical efforts increase in both frequency and magnitude in order to maintain the subjugation of the masses for as long as possible.
It may be beneficial for the reader to read this last line again, as this development is the most recognizable symptom of the final stage prior to the collapse of empire.
This final period is not only difficult to cope with, it’s highly confusing for those living within a dying empire.
The edifice still stands. With each election, the electorate hopes that somehow, a champion will spring forth and “put everything back the way it was.”
But it’s important to note that, historically, this never occurs. Whilst the average citizen hopes in vain for his political leaders to “wake up” and stop all the nonsense, he fails to grasp that, to the political leader, the most important pursuit is power. He cares not a whit for the well-being of the populace.
The political class has no intention of relinquishing even a small amount of power for the good of the people he was elected to represent.
Historically, in every instance, every empire has collapsed from within. Once the apple is truly rotten, it cannot be un-rotted.
