A Little Advice for an Aging Empire in Slow Collapse

“...Well, that’s my advice, though I know you probably won’t listen....”

http://conflicteddoomer.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/a-little-advice-for-an-aging-empire-in-slow-collapse/

An empire in its last phase

Or a man at the end of his days:

Since their patterns are set,

We ought not to bet

That we’ll see them improving their ways.