Everyone Thinks America Is Collapsing… They’re Wrong.

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In this episode, Steger challenges the dominant narrative of inevitable American decline. Rather than accepting comparisons to Rome or assumptions of civilizational decay, he situates the United States within a longer historical arc — one shaped by Ancient Greece, early Christianity, the Renaissance, and the founding of the American republic.

Steger argues that civilizations do not merely collapse; they transform. He traces how the First Christian Renaissance ended Roman tyranny, how the Second Renaissance gave birth to the nation-state and the idea of consent of the governed, and how America emerged as a distinct breakaway civilization grounded in moral law and individual sovereignty.

Placing today’s turbulence in this broader context, he contends that the current moment may represent not the end of Western Civilization, but the early stages of a Third Renaissance — a renewal of national identity, productive capacity, and civic purpose. The coming years, he argues, will test whether the United States reclaims its foundational principles or continues drifting toward cultural fragmentation and centralized control.

Watch the full episode to understand why the question is not whether America is dying — but whether it is about to rise.

00:00 America Is Not in Inevitable Decline
00:37 Ancient Greece and the Foundations of Civilization
01:13 Rome and the Myth of Collapse
01:51 The First Christian Renaissance
03:46 The Second Renaissance and the Nation-State
07:18 Europe’s Corruption and the Breakaway Vision
08:02 The Pilgrims and the New Jerusalem
09:11 Revolution, Civil War, and American Identity
11:02 Postwar America and Compromise
12:19 Cultural Breakdown and Globalization
13:52 The Revival of American Principles
14:58 The Third Renaissance
15:29 Energy, Space, and a New Epoch
18:01 The Rise of American Civilization
18:38 Choose Life