Nothing is too big to fail. The question is how will a nation handle a crisis that’s never been bad in its history.
Time is inconceivably vast, even the entire history of civilization is a micrometer in the span of it. Yet for us living in the present, we base our preconceptions on the last century or so, because that is what had the most impact on our lives. People were born into and died in Pax Romana, they probably thought it would never end, and centuries of mass warfare finally ceased to exist.
It’s inevitable that vast empires go through decline, no one wants to be the victim of it, but the truth is that it happens. It’s just a matter of How quickly matters will escalate