day 7

I do not believe that the USA is falling down the same hole that the Romans did, but I do believe we are similar in a sense. the United States is no longer a true republic, at least as true as it was, anymore but rather and ever changing government. We are not at the point of paying people off to not attack us or killing people for sport with lions. Something similar to the gladiators is the wrestlers in the UFC and the boxers. They risk their bodies every single fight and constantly train to be the best fighter there is. After their careers are over, unlike dying as the gladiators would, many of them face CTE's from too many concussions and hits to the head.

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