Ibn Khaldun, the great Tunisian thinker and author of "The Muqaddimah", built a theory of history that revealed how every empire — from Ancient Egypt to the British Empire — follows the same cycle: rise, growth, stagnation, and collapse. His ideas weren’t just about dusty books. They were groundbreaking — the foundation of sociology and economics.
Today, America stands as the world’s last superpower. But look closely, and the warning signs are everywhere: a failing economy, endless wars, declining trust in government, political division, and a rival power rising in the East. Are we witnessing the final chapters of the American Empire?
In this episode of Muslim Atlas we’ll uncover:
Who Ibn Khaldun was and why he’s called The Father of Sociology. His "cyclical theory" of empire and the concept of Asabiyyah (social solidarity).
How his framework maps eerily onto the history of the United States. Whether America is on the brink of its decline — and what history tells us comes next.
📖 From North African Bedouins to Washington, Wall Street, and war, Ibn Khaldun’s wisdom travels across centuries to challenge how we see the world today.
Poster Comment:
I predict collapse for US and China sooner rather than later.
#1: Horse To: All (#0)
Horse posted on 2025-09-04 22:41:04 Reply Private Reply
#2: Prefrontal Vortex To: Horse (#0)
Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2025-09-05 00:57:28 Reply Private Reply
#3: Esso To: Prefrontal Vortex (#2)
But after Europe, like that matters.
Right?
(Edit) I'd recommend El Salvador for you and your son rather than Canada. Nayib is probably GenX. Safest place in the Americas now, I'm told.
Esso posted on 2025-09-05 01:34:51 Reply Private Reply
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Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2025-09-05 09:30:16 Reply Private Reply
#5: Horse To: Esso (#3)
LADY REDNECK: “Don’t Try to Take Our Guns”
Horse posted on 2025-09-05 12:07:47 Reply Private Reply
#6: Esso To: Horse, 4um (#5)
The clot-shot tat really does it for me.
Esso posted on 2025-09-06 11:00:00 Reply Private Reply
#7: Horse To: Esso (#6)
Dr Kimmy would have you committed to an insane asylum if you chose her over the Doc.
You might have to take up a collection on 4um to keep her in groceries.
Horse posted on 2025-09-06 11:59:58 Reply Private Reply
#8: Esso To: Horse (#7)
It's my go/no-go gauge for when I'm drunk.
There's no way that thing would fit. I'd have to do her in the garage.
Esso posted on 2025-09-06 12:38:14 Reply Private Reply
#9: Esso To: Horse (#7)
To. This. Day.
Think about how insane that is today. I will never take those people seriously.
Ever.
Esso posted on 2025-09-06 12:50:36 Reply Private Reply
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Esso posted on 2025-09-06 12:55:46 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2025-09-06 18:09:58 Reply Private Reply
#12: Dakmar To: Esso (#10)
USA before PC/woke
Dakmar posted on 2025-09-06 18:12:43 Reply Private Reply
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ghostrider posted on 2025-09-06 22:49:35 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2025-09-06 23:02:01 Reply Private Reply
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BTP Holdings posted on 2025-09-06 23:18:52 Reply Private Reply
#16: Esso To: Dakmar, 4um (#14)
Why is the disgusting, senseless, unprovoked murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by a man named Decarlos Brown Jr. on a train in Charlotte NC not getting more media attention?!
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Esso posted on 2025-09-07 12:56:41 Reply Private Reply
#17: Esso To: All (#16)
Don't see anything except a drunk crashed his moped at 23:17 last night.
Maybe one of her gay Chippendale pharmaceutical reps got too rambunctious with his date this morning and got a butt plug stuck, ahem, up there, and is too embarrassed to go to the ER.
Ick.
Never a fat chick with a Covid tat around when you need one...
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 13:30:22 Reply Private Reply
#18: Esso To: Dakmar (#11)
"Tampon" Tim Walz is having a homo hissy-fit about that meme, says, "There’s nothing normal about the President declaring war on an American city."
"Normal"
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 13:37:58 Reply Private Reply
#19: Esso To: All (#18)
Dumbass's lawyers should have left well enough alone. It keeps getting worse and worse. LOL!
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 15:33:47 Reply Private Reply
#20: Esso To: All (#16)
Kim's on her way back, should be here in a little bit. I've only got time to put together a pizza. I hope that's sufficient.
I'll let her tell the story if she wants to. SMFH.
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 16:14:26 Reply Private Reply
#21: Esso To: All (#20)
Bill gates apologizing for all the shit he did to humanity
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 16:48:28 Reply Private Reply
#22: Esso To: All (#20)
I'm back. I should keep quiet but a patient's family wanted to see me.
Male patient mid 30s, no chronic conditions, fit, was brought into the ER by TRAA ambulance unresponsive after collapsing while mowing his lawn.
His parents and wife wanted answers I'm not allowed to give. I wish I could.
They should designate it as PPPP. Probably Pac's Pet Peeve. I'm sure you know what that is, I'm tired of hearing about it.
Kim
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 17:36:48 Reply Private Reply
#23: Esso To: All (#22)
I've got her political AND doing alliteration! Mission Accomplished.
ROWREER! [Angry cat noise] Sorry. It hits close to home.
My Godson, a commercial flooring contractor and Alex Jones fanatic, told me more about the clot-shots than I ever wanted to know.
He made me feel pretty stupid.
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 17:47:19 Reply Private Reply
#24: Esso To: All (#23)
You don't understand.
Kim.
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 18:02:53 Reply Private Reply
#25: Esso To: All (#24)
I do understand, hon.
It's not that I don't care, maybe I care too much. This doesn't need to be online. OK? I know it was a hard day.
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 18:11:40 Reply Private Reply
#26: Esso To: 4um (#25)
Powerball Jackpot Won: Understanding the Taxes and Payout Realities
The recent Powerball jackpot was won by two winning tickets, splitting the prize between the winners. But here's a key question: Do most people realize just how much in taxes these winners will owe?
Federal Taxes: Lottery winnings are subject to a federal withholding tax of 24% right away. State Taxes: In addition, many states impose their own taxes on lottery prizes, further reducing the net amount.
To illustrate, let's assume a single winner for simplicity (though in this case, it's shared). Winners typically have two options: An annuity paid out over 29 years, or A one-time lump sum payment.
Most opt for the lump sum, but this choice comes with a catch. The advertised jackpot of $1.8 billion isn't the actual cash value—it's the total if paid out over time. The lump sum is usually about half that amount, meaning the winner forfeits nearly $900 million upfront just to get the money immediately. Then, after taxes are deducted, the final take-home amount is even smaller. In total, a significant portion of the prize is claimed by the government through reduced payouts and taxes.
This raises an important debate: Should lotteries be required to pay out the full advertised lump sum amount (e.g., the entire $1.8 billion in cash), and should lottery winnings be taxed at all?
(Edit) I could've destroyed a thousand lives with $1.8 billion, like the $1 million did to Bunky when he won the Hoosier Lotto when it first started. He was so unremarkable that I don't remember his real name. He left NE Indiana for Baltimore. Sheesh. Dead less than a year later. Probably in his late 20s.
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 18:31:18 Reply Private Reply
#27: Esso To: All (#26)
Full version
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 19:17:47 Reply Private Reply
#28: Esso To: All (#27)
I would've died if I didn't find him again.
Kim
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 19:39:47 Reply Private Reply
#29: Esso To: All (#28)
Ugh. All she would've had to do was stand up on the bar at that GenX, Y, Z hellhole bar in 'Electric City' or whatever's it called and said, "I'm a physician with a ten plus million dollar net worth and want to get laid!"
She wanted somebody with integrity, morals and a man that didn't care about money.
I don't care about money.
Esso posted on 2025-09-07 20:04:55 Reply Private Reply
#30: Prefrontal Vortex To: Horse (#5)
They will be taken. Only white people give majority support to the second amendment, and that majority of white people refuses to act accordingly.
A Yosemite Sam nation. The Bunny crosses the line and Sam just draws a new one, daring Bugs to cross it. (He will).
Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2025-09-09 22:27:02 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2025-09-12 20:14:38 Reply Private Reply
#32: Esso To: Dakmar (#31)
I'm tryin', bud. This week's been a real pisser, and from the looks of things on X, with tons of physicians praising Charlie Kirk's assassination, I'm thinkin' Kim's not gonna have a very good day in the hospital today. She isn't a big fan of violence.
It's been a bloody summer...
Esso posted on 2025-09-13 12:47:59 Reply Private Reply