Falling From Grace

Subject: Falling From Grace Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:08 pm

Years ago, Doug Casey mentioned in a correspondence to me, “Empires fall from grace with alarming speed.”

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Every now and then, you receive a comment that, although it may have been stated casually, has a lasting effect, as it offers uncommon insight. For me, this was one of those and it’s one that I’ve kept handy at my desk since that time, as a reminder.

I’m from a British family, one that left the UK just as the British Empire was about to begin its decline. They expatriated to the “New World” to seek promise for the future.

As I’ve spent most of my life centred in a British colony – the Cayman Islands – I’ve had the opportunity to observe many British contract professionals who left the UK seeking advancement, which they almost invariably find in Cayman. Curiously, though, most returned to the UK after a contract or two, in the belief that the UK would bounce back from its decline, and they wanted to be on board when Britain “came back.”

This, of course, never happened. The US replaced the UK as the world’s foremost empire, and although the UK has had its ups and downs over the ensuing decades, it hasn’t returned to its former glory.

And it never will.

https://internationalman.com/articles/falling-from-grace/?fbclid=IwAR0T_ShrCOR00Q0O4jeEMJ3oS-UBC_ZCyGFAFIOn9hI_7WzrucxR367J3Lg

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