>500 years ago: greatest and most prosperous empire mankind has ever known
>Now: most insignificant shithole in Europe and almost the whole world
What has gone wrong? Some say that all empires come to an end, but the fall of ours has been more disastrous than that of any other. Are we really subhuman? Moor blood maybe?

>>510841044 (OP)
Panchitada histórica.

>>510841044 (OP)
All empires fail for the same reason... they over-extend their infrastructure.

Using a modern example... if a city decides to build a new road from point A to point B; they're not just paying the cost to build the road; they're accepting responsibility to continue to repair the road forever, even into inflated prices and labor costs. Meanwhile, if a lot of infrastructure is built at the same time, you get a bunch of stuff all falling apart and needing repair at the same time.

A road example... one of the major roads in the detroit area spent at least $2 billion to repair it. That same road, when built 200 years ago, cost $50 to build (I've seen the expenses). Who knows, in another 200 years, it might cost $1 trillion to replace the road. The choice then is spending it or letting society and the road collapse

>>510841044 (OP)
I'm sorry but your empire, however great it was, never surpassed Rome.

>>510841369
>speaking of rent free
kek

>>510841044 (OP)
>What has gone wrong?
The 20-ish biggest kingdoms from around the world united to destroy the Hispanic Empire, its people, and its history.

Source: Elvira Roca Barea

>>510842552
The Hispanic Empire did in one generation what it took Rome three centuries.