What dOes this quote mean??

“i love studying ancient history and seeing how empires ride and fall sowing the seeds of their own destruction”

-Martin Scorsese

i dont understand the quote or why this person would have said something like this…it doesnt really relate to his job.??

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A few days ago

carlottavaldez007

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rise and fall, not ride and fall.

Inequity in the creation of government/empire leads to the fall of that government.

Governments that start out unequal end up failing. They do it to themselves.

And Scorsese has a brain…that’s why he thinks of things other than filmmaking.

A few days ago

notmyfirstrodeo

Try reading the interview where the quote comes from

http://www.indielondon.co.uk/film/aviator_scorseseQ&A.html

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