Empires Fall When Trade Routes Break — And America Is Playing With Fire

Empires Don’t Die From War — They Die From Bad Economics Let’s get one thing straight. Wars don’t bankrupt empires overnight. Bad systems do. Bonner is right about one critical point: Empires survive on two pillars— Control of trade Control of money Lose either one… and the clock starts ticking. The Mongols lost trade security. The British lost strategic routes and financial stability. And now? America is straining both at the same time. The Strait of Hormuz Is Not Just Geography — It’s Leverage You’ve heard the phrase. Strait of Hormuz. Most people tune out. Sounds distant. Technical. Irrelevant. It’s not. It’s one of the most critical energy choke points on Earth. A massive portion of the world’s oil flows…