Making A Great America — On A Quick Note

Five years ago I blogged: “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within” (W. Durant).

I was reminded of this while watching the Prime Video Movie Apocalypto. I’d recommend that y’all watch it.

Now If Trump, the GOP and MAGA want “America to be Great Again”, they may want to first stop the bleeding from within instead of applying tactics that exacerbate the wound and destroy what’s left of American greatness like that of the Mayan Kingdom. Great civilizations fall because of leaders and their supporters who share and defend their wild ideologies that put people against each other and stifle diversity and liberalism.

A great America is a strong America that looks out for all its peoples so that they can be resolute in defending any attack from without.

Black lives matter and so does white lives. Women are independent and firm just as their male counterparts. And the freedom to express our uniqueness in various forms without denigrating or denying anyone expression over another is valued and protected so as to strengthen our unity inspite of our diversity!

Rev. Renaldo McKenzie

Episode Transcript

(00:01):
It's Saturday, September 27th, 2025.
I'm in Philadelphia and of course I'm Ronaldo McKenzie, the
creator and host of the Niluber Around podcast and of course
YouTube channel. And today marks the five year
anniversary of an article that Ipublished in my blog, The

(00:24):
Niluber Blogs that's available in Blogger or blogspot.
And I actually we published it in the near liberal journals on
the near liberal.com. I want to share that I thought I
had done a podcast about this orI had shared this with you, but
I was looking through the episodes and the audios that
I've done and I realized that we've never done an audio of

(00:46):
this. It's quite interesting.
It's called it's the title is soI've remastered it.
The article it's called a great America is destroyed from
within, not without. It's available in now available
in the new label, the new label journals at the new label.com.
But, and I have turned that particular blog into a letter to

(01:09):
the President, Mr. President, President Trump of the US again,
the title of today's podcast briefing is a great America is
destroyed from within, not without.
It's really a lesson or warning.I be in in the article.
I said, dear Mr. President, fiveyears ago I blogged, a great

(01:30):
civilization is not conquered from within until it has
destroyed itself from sorry, a great, dear Mr. President, five
years ago I blogged, a great civilization is not conquered
from without until it has conquered itself from within.
Now, of course, these are the words of West Durant.

(01:53):
And this was while watching a couple Apocalypto on Prime
Video. And and I said, if Trump and the
GOP and Madda want America to begreat again, first stop the
bleeding within. And it's available in the
neoliberal post, sorry, in the near in
renaldocmckenzie.blogspot.com, but I'm going to share that
article with you. It begins like this.

(02:16):
A great civilization, Mr. President, is not conquered from
within or is not conquered from without, is not conquered from
those outside of it. A great civilization is not
conquered from without until it has conquered until it has
destroyed itself from within. Again, a great civilization is
not conquered from without untilit has destroyed itself from

(02:39):
within. W Durant, End Quote.
I was reminded of this while watching the Prime Video movie
Apocalypto. I'd recommend that you all watch
it now. If Trump, the GOP, and their
cronies want America to be greatagain, they may want to first

(03:00):
stop the bleeding from within instead of applying tactics that
exacerbate the wound and destroywhat's left of American
greatness, like that of the Mayan Kingdom.
Great civilizations fall becauseof leaders and their supporters
who share and defend their wild ideologies that put people

(03:24):
against each other and stifle diversity and liberalism.
A great America is a strong America that looks out for all
its peoples so that they can be resolute in defending any attack
from within or from without. Black lives matter and so does

(03:48):
white lives. Women are independent and firm
just as their male counterparts,and the freedom to express our
uniqueness in various forms without denigrating or denying
anyone expression over another is valued and protected so as to
strengthen our unity in spite ofour diversity.

(04:12):
That's what it means and that's what it takes for America to be
great. I'm Ronaldo McKenzie of the Neo
Liberal Round podcast, the Neo Liberal Round YouTube channel,
president of the Neo Liberal Corporation, author of
Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and

(04:32):
Resistance, and the upcoming book Neo Liberal Globalization.
We considered what good.