The 5-Stage Military Collapse: How Every Empire Borrows Itself to Collapse

Every empire swears military dominance will make them rich. But history reveals the opposite. Military expansion doesn't generate wealth—it consumes it. And when empires fund that expansion through borrowing, they enter a death spiral that has destroyed every superpower that attempted it. Rome borrowed to defend borders from Britain to Mesopotamia. Within a century, the currency collapsed, and legions refused to fight for worthless coins. Spain borrowed to fight wars on four continents despite controlling half the world's silver. Within 80 years, they went from the richest nation on Earth to irrelevant. Britain borrowed to win two world wars. Within 25 years, the empire was gone and the pound was collapsing. The Soviet Union borrowed to match American military power. Within 900 days of showing weakness, the superpower ceased to exist. Four empires. Four collapses. The exact same five-stage war debt cycle. And right now, the United States is deep into stage three: 36 trillion in debt, 850 billion in annual military spending, and 1 trillion in annual interest payments. History shows what comes next isn't gradual decline—it's sudden implosion. This video breaks down the five-stage military collapse pattern, shows you exactly where each empire failed, and reveals what preserved wealth when currencies died and empires fell. The pattern is mathematical. The sequence is locked in. And the countdown has already started.