just wanted to underscore it by reminding that all empires crumble and fail eventually. And the collapses tend be sudden, unexpected, and spectacular.
...And somehow that just brings to mind the completely out-of-touch emperors of Rome boasting about the eternality of the Empire, while the hordes are right at the gates.
I told them this, almost word by word, in their faces. I wrote it in my warning appeal letter. Anoma Manuel (DVP Outstations) has it, you can ask her.