America

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America
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America, to GritCult, is a case study in imperial decline running in real time. He reads it against the fall of Rome, whose dead currency and vanishing middle class he sees repeating in America, with a debt load on top that he does not expect it to repay.

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The core thesis, posted in 2021, borrows directly from Rome: the Roman Empire killed its middle class and killed its currency, and both are happening to America now ^[1]. In a 2026 post, the Weimar Mark against gold a century ago and the US Dollar against gold today make the same shape ^[2], and he does not read that as a good sign.

The debt argument comes secondhand, from a history teacher's videos he summarised in a June 2025 thread: an overstretched America, carrying large amounts of debt, won't be able to pay it back as its reserve-currency status declines and it breaks from the norms of the world order ^[3]. He also entertains scenarios most people wave off as fantasy, openly backing a full annexation of Canada and Mexico that would create the most powerful state in history ^[4].

He's also alert to how thin the operational margin has become. The same teacher's lecture claims it would only take 1,000 special-forces operators to overthrow the US ^[5], a number small enough to be unsettling regardless of whether it's precisely true. The throughline is the Rome comparison he started with: a currency and a middle class worn down, and debts left to fall due.

Recurring themes

• America's decline mapped directly onto Rome's
• the dollar's chart as a vital sign, not just an indicator
• reserve-currency status as a form of leverage that can be called in
• thought experiments in imperial fragility, taken half-seriously
• collapse as compounding neglect, not a single event

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post on the subject, with 2,659 retweets:

Selected posts

The 120 most retweeted of 822 posts in the archive about America. Select a column heading to sort.

Date	Retweets	Likes	Post	Media	Source
28 February 2026	2,659	26,066	Time to rewatch and see how America will collapse		View
28 November 2025	1,084	15,993	>hip hop no longer charting for the first time in 30 years. >streetwear as a fashion trend is dead >sneaker culture is dead >gen z doesnt drink >weed smoking is looked down upon. age of american influenced cultural hegemony is over. they stopped funding the psyops.		View
7 May 2023	458	2,923	On European culture vs American privilege		View
26 January 2026	375	2,307	Weimar German Marks vs Gold - 100 years ago on the left United States Dollar vs Gold - Today on the right. Not a good sign.		View
23 June 2025	110	4,501	america being overstretched and in large amounts of debt will be unable to pay it back as its reserve currency status declines as it breaks from the norms of the world order. this will lead to internal conflict domestically leading to the SECOND AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.		View
23 June 2025	105	4,819	his thesis is that all parties involved want a ground war in iran - he says it is inevitable israel as it would make them the regional hegemon, usa as they think it will be easy, the IRGC as they want america to overextend, and saudi as iran is a regional threat to them		View
23 June 2025	104	4,219	he goes on to say that the iran war will be the straw that breaks the American empires back iran being a large mountainous desert with an experienced non conventional military - that has experience in fighting prolonged wars. (3x the size of iraq) - with backing from china and…		View
9 December 2022	84	537	Who the fuck is Viktor Bout?!? America recently freed him in exchange for britney griner With nicknames such as: The merchant of death & The lord of war Sounds like an interesting guy… His life is a bloody movie THREAD 🧵:		View
13 October 2023	66	850	This is something I think should happen. America fully annexes Canada and Mexico. Incorporates its territory as federal states. Would lead to the most powerful state in history.		View
6 August 2023	55	325	Eugenics never went away America and its hidden elite still silently practice eugenics the same policies, the same outcomes, just different way of getting there and under a different shiny new brand Expecting this to be highly controversial and a huge hot take.		View
11 June 2021	48	174	The decline of America mirrors the decline of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire killed its middle class. The Roman Empire killed its currency. Both of these are happening to America rn. 4 pics expanding this		View
23 June 2025	47	2,831	iran being a large mountainous desert which is known to be hard to conquer - he calls it a fortress - he also says the population of iran is very large - so a occupying force would also need to be large america does not have enough troops for a ground invasion and may conscript		View
23 June 2025	45	2,100	he goes on to say in another vid in order for israel to become the middle eastern hegemon. it needs the usa to exit the area - if the lose the war with iran and iran being weakened they get this outcome, as all the american assets and power left behind will go to israel.		View
23 June 2025	40	1,596	In his 2nd American civil war lecture He says you only need 1000 special forces operators to overthrow the US. America will be brought in due to Iran escalating their retaliation. He also says America was borne out of war and has been constantly at war since 1776. It can’t…		View
17 April 2021	30	158	doing some macro analysis... countries that print a lot of money usually face repercussions 1-2 years later. so the usa will see huge effects of hyperinflations in around 2022		View
30 June 2023	29	850	Apparently there’s a serial killer still at large in america that has killed over 173 people all over America. The way he does it is by travelling constantly and setting up dead drops way ahead of time. Only the low iq serial killers get found.		View
16 July 2022	27	238	Dollar achieving parity with the euro is such a big signal most are ignoring. It’s. A huge turning point of this century. Bigger than covid. Almost all us salaries are higher than European ones by like 2x. Skilled Labour is going to migrate to America.		View
3 September 2021	26	77	The decline of America mirrors the decline of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire killed its middle class. The Roman Empire killed its currency. Both of these are happening to America rn. 4 pics expanding this		View
23 June 2025	20	1,428	@imgoingtoduck im summary he predicts: - american iran war - america loses war - american civil war - china wins		View
6 October 2019	20	96	In celebration of one of the greatest artists alive releasing a new album. I am dedicating an entire thread on him. Why I think @kanyewest should run for President of the United States by @GRITCULT [THREAD] 0/n		View
2 September 2021	19	120	73.6% of Americans are overweight or obese.		View
24 August 2020	16	137	America is a Gerontocracy. Trump is 74 Bernie is 78 Biden is 77 Pelosi is 80 Warren is 71 H. Clinton 72 An aging empire ruled by aging politicians.		View
2 February 2023	16	68	why is north america different to south america? mainly due to geography but also birth rates and they TYPE of immigration... more below. A quick thread 🧵 on my research into reflexivity as applied to birth rates, industrialisation and globalised governance		View
20 August 2023	15	526	most of america needs to be imprisoned.		View
1 July 2025	14	294	there are more dog pets in america than children under 18 the dog industry is bigger than the child market in terms of capitalisation this is not a good trend.		View
21 July 2022	14	104	shampoo was invented when huge mega corporations had excess ingredients and marketers decided to flip this into a consumer product shampoo was invented for upper middle class white women who stayed at home in the post war era in the american sub urbs		View
24 November 2021	14	46	70% of Americans 17-24 are ineligible for military service due to obesity, drug use and criminal convictions.		View
14 September 2025	13	328	Initially started to look into it due to all the comparisons people made. Weimar Germany was far worse than anything I imagined Hard to think this was 100 years ago. America is still quite a way off both in terms of depravity and violence. But it is trending that way.		View
26 April 2021	12	94	The argument that the west and especially America has any moral legitimacy over China is a distortion. The more I think about it the more I think how brainwashed by propaganda the facts actually are.		View
15 November 2022	12	66	They’re already starting to roll it out in western countries with bills in america Scotland and England. If you think covid and abortion are bad. You haven’t seen anything yet Society is going to transform like crazy. No more old people		View
11 September 2025	11	274	America is the closest to civil war it has been in a long time gen z = most political and radical generation ever and one that arent influenced in traditional ways nepal just had a gen z uprising where theyre voting for leaders in a discord server stay frosty		View
11 September 2025	11	192	In Weimar Germany There were 1000+ Assassinations (targeted kills) All politically motivated killings (including uprisings, civil clashes, street fighting, police repression): 5-6000 This paired with hyperinflation & large debt thats growing America is on a bad path		View
26 December 2018	11	95	From a non American. I still believe in the American dream. America to me, still represents that notion of pragmatic optimism. That notion of Faustian fire, of continued growth and success. Now with the space age almost upon us, I can't wait for the future.		View
10 June 2020	11	48	The cultural hegemony of America is coming to an end. You can see this with the decline of Hollywood. And decline of fast food. The main export of America being culture. Mickey Mouse and McDonald’s are signs of imperialism. That imperialism is dying as the world is changing.		View
4 August 2025	10	303	@GlobeEyeNews Denying relief to American citizens that’s paid by American taxpayers that refuse to pledge allegiance to a foreign government. Whatever your view on the Middle East gotta admit this is pretty bizarre now.		View
21 December 2024	10	175	Unironically the greatest invention of the 20th century was the burger. Stemming from German precision engineering then diversified by the melting pot of America. The burger is the symbol of American dynamism. The symbol of capitalist luxury. Even the poorest person on earth…		View
9 August 2023	10	139	although i am not american, i think everyone should do a road trip across america a modern day pilgrimage in the mecca of our capitalist system and religion that dominates the modern world.		View
21 April 2023	10	101	problem with el salvador is that most their effective change is being done by one man, unless he becomes an unelected tyrant (model does work) he MUST create institutions to continue his work because as soon as he is out the door, trend can reverse SHARPLY south america…		View
6 September 2023	10	81	well pet industry is bigger than the child industry There are more dogs in the United States (76M) than children under 18 (73M). Over 38% of households have at least one dog. 30% of households have at least one child. The “dogs” market is bigger than the “kids” market.		View
4 February 2025	9	182	Gerontocracy is over. We need zoomers now more than ever. Just like when America was founded. We need more young people.		View
7 March 2024	9	148	High probability there will be another lockdown within 18 months. It makes sense. Economy booming. Crypto booming. Election year. Lockdown would fuck up russia and China. Americans want the money printer to go up again		View
28 February 2026	8	144	Everyone losing their job to AI as soon as America announces a new invasion in the Middle East Could be a coincidence. Or it could be a way to trim down the population and force conscription of all the jobless military age males This has been repeated in history many times		View
11 July 2022	8	116	Something I believe that no one else will agree with me on. America should invade Mexico and Canada		View
16 October 2020	8	76	Watching a YouTube about the future of warfare. An fbi Guy became vlogger and he is interviewing an American 4 star general. They literally admit that this very video is form of information warfare and propaganda. All avenues of communication are a venue for state actors.		View
17 March 2021	8	56	Yeah america is toast bro These r their experts on health		View
19 June 2021	8	50	my main thesis of modern america, is that 9/11 was the demarcation point of america and the world. everything has been downhill since then...		View
24 April 2021	8	41	IN AMERICA REMEMBERING HISTORY CAN BE CONSIDERED A THOUGHT CRIME.		View
7 October 2021	8	35	Crime or rather injustice in america is so bad. They had to invent superheroes to fantasise about correcting the ills of a corrupt society. Heroes used to be real people. Now humanity is seen as too flawed. Fake heroes. Illusions are gods Tobey maguire is the best Spider-Man tho		View
3 April 2021	7	66	HOLLYWOOD IS ALREADY STARTING ANTI CHINA AND ANTI RUSSIA FILMS Just watched a film on Netflix where the protagonists were African American and all the evil dudes were Eastern European. They even mentioned this in the film. Very interesting times ahead.		View
15 March 2023	6	97	Currently studying how Spain fumbled one of the largest bags. And how Napoleon had to sell the territory and the rights of them which were the size of half of America at the time. Due to his constant ear mongering had to re evaluate it due to its east target to the British.…		View
5 December 2021	6	74	America is better than England.		View
26 December 2024	6	62	“In a lifetime, Americans have seen their God dethroned, their heroes defiled, their culture polluted, their values assaulted, their country invaded, and themselves demonized as extremists and bigots for holding on to beliefs Americans have held for generations.” - Pat Buchanan		View
24 July 2022	6	56	much like how china constantly moves people, and how people in america are constantly changing cities cos of jobs. they constantly transfer people breaks down bonds, makes the people more atomistic. constantly being a stranger, never having any roots, never settling down.		View
26 May 2022	6	55	American psycho was a gay man’s view on 90s yuppies. Its consumerist & name drops brands and recites talking points. It represents the identity of the protagonist who is an NPC. If you relate to Bateman. You too likely have no identity and rely on pop culture and consumerism.		View
17 June 2021	6	50	It was once said Brazil has opera houses but no functioning sewer system. And america has the opposite.		View
13 August 2021	6	42	Afghanistan was America's longest war. - It cost over $2 trillion. - An estimated 241,000 people died, including civilians, Afghan military, and US service members. This doesn't include indirect consequences of war. Taliban now dances in ghazni		View
23 August 2020	6	35	America is decaying, because its youth are decaying. Drug addled and confused and no longer breeding as times past. All signs of population collapse as per mouse utopia. The next step is for cartels to emerge within the US border, much like the italian mafia.		View
23 August 2020	6	34	The fruits of colonisation and militarization have emerged a pattern. A pattern of the children of the occupiers being hooked on addictive substances. Afghanistan became a poppy field. China is producing low cost goods and fentanyl. The whole of South America has become Narco.		View
28 October 2020	6	28	@Breaking911 twitter CEO is more powerful than president of america		View
29 November 2020	6	28	Massive corporatism is closer to socialism than it is to Adam smiths capitalism. Multinational companies with more power than some countries. America goes to war so that it’s companies are in a better position in the market. Companies are now agents of foreign policy.		View
20 July 2021	6	28	People are going to share anti riot tactics. Urban warfare is evolving. US govt says every weapon you invent. Will be used against you within 15 years. Same could be said with these insurgency tactics. America’s Arab spring		View
25 June 2020	6	19	1 RT = 1 reason why @joerogan should consider running for president of the united states. MANIFESTO THREAD 👇 0./N		View
19 June 2018	6	11	what is horrifying is that cannibals when first encountered, in south america, had a practice of chopping off testicles of male slaves and prisoners of war from other tribes, to fatten em up before a feast.		View
10 February 2018	6	9	in america some police forces have issued a upper limit on iq		View
28 November 2025	5	357	@MrAlchemeister literally go to anywhere outside of america where they dont speak english and theyll still recognise a picture of 50 cent		View
24 September 2023	5	338	@triggerpod @neiltyson @francisjfoster @KonstantinKisin What if I feel 80% African American today?		View
4 June 2021	5	67	DOING SOME MACRO ANALYSIS... COUNTRIES THAT PRINT A LOT OF MONEY USUALLY FACE REPERCUSSIONS 1-2 YEARS LATER. SO THE USA WILL SEE HUGE EFFECTS OF HYPERINFLATIONS IN AROUND 2022		View
10 November 2020	5	41	Terrorists won’t bring down America. If anything. Americans will bring down America.		View
16 June 2021	5	24	For perspective. The entire crypto market cap is probably less than what america has spent in Afghanistan and Iraq		View
14 August 2020	5	23	The world is yours. Scarface is a story of capitalist optimism. How one immigrant becomes a self made millionaire in America the land of opportunity. The story of the American dream.		View
18 February 2019	5	16	"Circa 1800, 80 percent of Americans were self-employed. By 1870 it was 41 percent. By 1940 it was 18 percent. By 1967 it was only 9 percent." See the correlation of self employment and suicide rate across countries. (Yes I know regression isn't great)		View
8 January 2021	5	15	Twitter CEO silences president of the United States of America.		View
3 June 2020	5	13	Through old media we have been told how to live. The Hollywood dream. The American dream. We are seeing it crumble before our eyes. Go school. Fall in love. Go college. Get a job. Buy a house. Have kids. Retire. Die All of these things that once reinforced norms no longer work.		View
19 November 2021	5	12	As long as I’m in america. There will be no riots.		View
15 June 2025	4	127	Visited Albania for first time - I highly recommend visiting Takeaways People are very polite, well mannered and nice People are also extremely healthy compared to America or England. There are no young fat people Diet atleast in south is heavily seafood. The country is…		View
5 May 2025	4	105	in china, corrupt politicians get the death penalty in america, corrupt politicians launch tokens and have portfolio trackers named after them		View
13 September 2025	4	98	Roman society admired the greeks, but looked down on them because they were overly intellectual. Whereas the Romans were more interested in practical engineering. i see this contrast with China vs USA Technocrat engineers vs Geriatric political lawyers		View
9 December 2022	4	70	Lord of War: Viktor Bout is a Russian businessman and former military officer who was convicted of arms trafficking and other crimes in the United States. His name comes from his role in illegally supplying weapons to conflict zones around the world.		View
6 November 2020	4	66	we are witnessing an attempt of a colour revolution in america by foreign powers.		View
6 October 2022	4	66	Food in Europe isn’t that much better than in america. It’s the fact you’re on holiday and you’re walking a lot more. People seriously underestimate how good walking is for you.		View
15 December 2022	4	56	AMERICANS LOVE ANTI-HEROES BECAUSE THE NATION’S ORIGIN STORY IS A CRIME STORY.		View
25 April 2021	4	53	if china is able to invade taiwan... this one critical flashpoint will signal the shift of power away from america. the inability of america to stop china invading will be a huge signal that america has lost its "big stick"		View
1 June 2020	4	52	America’s main export is culture. One part of that is it’s race relations.		View
17 January 2023	4	50	Usa food guides has honey nut cheerios as healthier than beef Surely a sign of a declining society		View
30 May 2020	4	36	People are going to share anti riot tactics. Urban warfare is evolving. US govt says every weapon you invent. Will be used against you within 15 years. Same could be said with these insurgency tactics. America’s Arab spring		View
19 November 2021	4	36	So weird how medication is so normalised in america		View
12 May 2021	4	32	I honestly think China would do a better job in the Middle East than America		View
12 June 2022	4	32	America has 2 billion car parking spaces for 250 million cars. More space is dedicated for car parking than is for living in america.		View
10 September 2022	4	31	americans laughing at brits, all the while they drink sewage from taps		View
4 June 2021	4	29	IN AMERICA REMEMBERING HISTORY CAN BE CONSIDERED A THOUGHT CRIME.		View
1 November 2022	4	27	america like any country, is a slave to those in power, not ideal, not fair, but has been so for most of human history		View
14 March 2018	4	26	"finalnd is happiest country" also dont forget the size of its population which is ~ 5 million contrast: britain pop : ~65million america: ~325 million so please your nordic model "socialist" comparisons are hugely stupid and myopic, sad to see this from academics		View
1 June 2020	4	19	Americans see the world different to every one else. no one else thinks like an american. sometimes it is not the roman the provides the best critique of rome. sometimes an outsider ought to put up a mirror to a society the history of america has been one of perpetual trauma		View
27 May 2022	4	18	The empire that wants you to use American dollars so you are constantly consuming to use your dollars against inflation. Is evil.		View
4 February 2019	4	17	UK neo-con deep state documents leaked by hackers, see how agencies operate: british army helps and funds covert operations, also funded by neocons of america to push NATO leaked were also names of paid journalists probably linked to recent layoffs		View
29 July 2018	4	11	Get Ready for the Phoenix January 9, 1988, Vol. 306, pp 9-10 "THIRTY years from now, Americans, Japanese, Europeans, and people in many other rich countries, and some relatively poor ones will probably be paying for their shopping with the same currency." predicted 2018		View
15 August 2018	4	10	"students dont have books, they have music. their passion; nothing else excites them or take seriously anything else Rock music has barbaric appeal, to sexual desire–not to love, not eros, but sexual desire undeveloped and untutored" Allan Bloom The Closing of the American Mind		View
18 February 2024	3	85	If you want to stop fentanyl deaths. You ban regulate and shame. ALL drug use. But America is run by cartels. Big pharma cartels. America is the most medicated and drugged up society in history. Prescription drugs need to be less available and weed needs to be banned.		View
28 November 2022	3	84	next time im in america, i am wearing this and a cowboy hat		View
7 April 2025	3	58	China has robot horses and flying cars America has bullet proof Dunkin’ donuts		View
12 August 2025	3	58	China, Dubai, Singapore prove one thing. (War time America, Soviet space program and more) Governments aren’t inefficient. They’re incredibly corrupt.		View
24 May 2025	3	55	I honestly think everyone who is a builder or works in crypto etc. NEEDS to download @Roblox How they’ve built a platform with internal financial system with incentives is pretty fucking crazy. 70% of all American kids under 15 play it.		View
6 August 2022	3	46	america will be the next brazil		View
24 March 2022	3	42	I think india will break up by end of century. Too many internal forces and pressure. Probably more so than america due to population demographics and still being mostly in poverty.		View
20 May 2022	3	38	If you hate Diet Coke. You hate America.		View
7 February 2023	3	36	want to know the lowest obesity community in america? it is the amish but amish also eat 1k more calories on average. but they also averaged 20k steps a day. the males were at an outstanding 9.4 +- 4.3 and a 0% obesity prevalence being high flux is healthier than low flux		View
27 February 2023	3	36	The world has gotten more divided and more racist ever since Eminem stopped rapping Eminem golden age was the golden age of america		View
16 May 2023	3	36	latin america bros, probably a sign to exit argentina rn... nothing good happens after when a central bank does this.		View
21 December 2018	3	34	So leftists and anarchists want America to continue its "imperialist and colonialist military statist aggression" ? I am truly perplexed by the reactions. I thought I would have expected this from the deep state neocon Israel lobby.		View
14 July 2021	3	34	5-10 years. This is already America? Did everyone forget the race riots that Happened last year?		View
21 March 2022	3	32	The reason why america doesn’t have trains or as good public transport infrastructure as Europe is cos it was psy opd by car companies due to lobbying. Especially for newer western cities like LA. They’re essentially like one big hot wheels map.		View
10 June 2021	3	30	Being long bitcoin is being short america.		View
2 August 2023	3	30	America is reducing the number of nuclear plants. Germany is trying to ban nuclear. Meanwhile. China is planning 200 plants in the near future.		View
21 March 2022	3	29	You can fit like 4 fat Americans into a Tesla. And like hundreds into a train. It makes more sense to build trains as part of infrastructure programs. Freight trains are way more efficient in almost every metric than “trucks” too.		View
8 June 2021	3	28	He’s not wrong. Long bitcoin is short United States dollar.		View
11 October 2024	3	28	America was founded because of a *1% TAX* on tea. Crypto. The alternative economy is a natural rebellion to tyrannical governments and nation states. CRYPTO WONT JUST COLLAPSE BANKS. ITS GOING TO MAKE OBSOLETE THE IDEA OF NATION STATES. WE ARE THE CRYPTO COWBOYS. JOIN THE…		View
15 June 2020	3	27	America needs a rebrand.		View
19 July 2022	3	26	This is so true. I’m from England. And I wore a cowboy hat for like a month in america.		View
9 January 2021	3	25	Shocking. Imagine the power they have over people who aren’t the president of the United States.		View
12 June 2021	3	24	watching this crypto interview with @BanklessHQ and @markcuban on why NFTs are the future im blown away Mark Cuban said #defi is america 2.0... ill reply in this thread my notes from the podcast		View

History

GritCult first posted about America on 22 January 2018, and most recently on 23 May 2026. Across the archive the subject comes up 822 times, most often in 2018 (173 posts).

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References

1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (11 June 2021). The decline of America mirrors the decline of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire killed its middle class. The Roman Empire killed its currency. Both of these are happening to America rn. X.
2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (26 January 2026). Weimar German Marks vs Gold - 100 years ago on the left... United States Dollar vs Gold - Today on the right. Not a good sign. X.
3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (23 June 2025). america being overstretched and in large amounts of debt will be unable to pay it back as its reserve currency status declines as it breaks from the norms of the world order. X.
4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (13 October 2023). This is something I think should happen. America fully annexes Canada and Mexico. Incorporates its territory as federal states. Would lead to the most powerful state in history. X.
5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (23 June 2025). In his 2nd American civil war lecture... He says you only need 1000 special forces operators to overthrow the US. X.

Further reading

• “GRITCULT - What is our Future?”, GritCult on Subversive (February 2021)

External links

• Posts about America by GRITCULT on X
• America on Wikipedia