If you study Rome you can quickly realize that the parallels to America are uncanny.
Rome was founded semi-mythically with grand stories. Now, America doesn't have founding myths per se, but it's grand stories of exploration into the new world is more than enough to grant itself a central founding ethos, one that establishes the country as a "shining city on a hill" created on the chosen land by the chosen people. Which is exactly what the puritans believed. Even today, Christian sects that originated in America continue to say that the country is "God's country", thinking that it is ordained for a special mission. Rome also became a hotbed of expelled religious groups, criminals, and others. America also experienced the same phenomenon.
And then, Rome overthrew their monarchy. The Senate was established, and the patrician elite ascended to power. Obviously, America did the same, and even the founding fathers and English Whigs recognize this connection. The OG Brutus who was mostly involved in the overthrow became a hero in English and American circles that were in favor of the '76 revolution. Publius, another aristocrat involved in the Roman revolution was invoked by the founding fathers and used as a pen name by the Federalists.
But of course, the republic of Rome didn't last. It expanded it's territory, but became hopelessly divided. The patricians had to compromise over and over again with the plebeians, but over time a two-sided divide became clear: The Optimates, which held the senate in high regard, and the Populares, which represented the non-traditional aristocracy class-notably the military and the new rich.
However, it is important to note that the populares were never a coordinated group unlike the optimate oligarchy. They simply relied on other means of political power than the senate. But it is clear that they were two distinct populare groups: reformers and reactionaries. Reformers include figures like Vicellinus, Cassius, and the Graccchi brothers. All 4 were executed, and the Optimate supremacy stayed.
On the other hand, reactionaries rejected Optimate power and regarded it as corrupted and morally evil. They focused on the influence of the army and the religion. The most well-known and by far successful of these reactionaries were Augustus. He destroyed the traditional Optimate power, curbed the senate, and established the empire. But, he did it under a veil of reactionary patriotism (He was the first citizen). He promoted the traditional values of "chastity, monogamy, piety" that formed the basis of the roman founding centuries prior, made divorce harder, and went to war with mark Anthony on the basis that he was a foreign traitor that had an affair with his wife. If you pay attention, this seems like pretty right-wing stuff, which is the basis for my next point.
In America, we also have a government that is also hopelessly corrupt, divided, and opposed by the vast majority of Americans. There is CERTAINLY a moral absence among the population. And even the unpopular and costly wars in Spain spearheaded by the optimates are similar to the never-ending ME wars facilitated by the MIC. So, naturally America has responded in the same fashion-Reformers(leftists) have come and gone, some have been successful, but even still they aren't close to debilitating the powerful elite that continues to rule the country. It's obvious that the two-sided GOP-DEM divide is bullshit, as both sides protect their pockets above all else. But, the most interesting aspect comes from the reactionary side-the right.
Donald Trump was one of the first reactionaries we have seen-promising to return the power of America. But he isn't even close to reaching the prowess of Augustus. So, I do believe that over time the right will begin to lose faith in the current system of American government, and new tools will be available to them. The January 6th attack is one example of this-The congressional building used to be immortalized in the ethos of America-and yet all it took was one glaring stolen election for the right to completely let go of these preconceived notions. The police was also immortalized in American society and especially conservative circles, but they FINALLY realized that the police will be the ones who take the guns(as well as the shitshow in Ulvade) to recognize that the police are not a respectable institution. I believe that more and more dominoes will fall, and that previously untouchable facets of American culture will begin to be rejected in favor of archaeon reactionary beliefs. Augustus was great as a statesman, but he was also ruthless, cunning, and bloody-best exemplified in his conquest of Egypt that drove MA and Cleopatra to suicide. He didn't romanticize his role, he got the job fucking done. He was also unapologetically reactionary and socially conservative. He defiled anyone who didn't have children, and made divorce harder. He also held the religion in high regard, and became one of the most central figures in it.(son of apollo) This is something that we haven't found yet in the right-someone who doesn't shift the overton window to please the left, nor have we found someone who recognized the central issues that America is facing socially: porn, suicide, delayed marriages, fewer children, worsening economic situation, etc.
That is my historical analysis of it anyway. And there are PLENTLY of more examples of this throughout history. The whole notion of a "strongman ruler destroys a oligarchical elite" is found in every nation's history, well except in America's. But with the current issues plaguing the nation, I believe that the motif is coming sooner than later.
To summarize the history of the two nations:
Courageous explorers establish a small country----------------> Revolution occurs drastically changing the government of the country-------------> cultural exhaustion and an unpopular elite takes a toll on the nation, and a populist reactionary strongman takes power.
Feel free to comment, and if you see an inconsistency in my description of roman history-please say it
