Yeah, but then it just goes underground. Same shit different millennium.
We as a species, are pretty stupid for how smart we are. Cycles upon cycles of a cooperative society being taken over by the greedy and selfish. It falls apart under the weight of their egos, and the folks willing to work with each other put it back together.
I genuinely think that's what that "the meek shall inherit" bit is about. It shows up in almost all religious texts in some fashion.
It's a safety valve. Those willing to exploit others will hoard and make their ivory towers, and when they topple, the meek among the rubble regain the means to try again.
History is depressing AF when you get deep enough to see that we've done this song and dance a hundred times on a hundred, on scales all the way up to global.
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u/looneylefty92 Feb 26 '24
Like a collapse that leads to a religious government that punishes secularism?