For ages scholars wasted their time & confused us trying to figure out why civilizations collapse. Few if any have looked at the RISE as a pure accidental event, followed by reversion to the mean as things should.
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@nntaleb In 1919 there were in Anatolia 4 million Greeks, half Christians( 3/4 speaking Greek and 1/4 Turkish) and half Muslims( all speaking Greek). None of the latter supported the campaign of the Greek Army. By 1923 1.2 million Christian Greeks fled to Greece, the rest perished.
@nntaleb He basically says, in an embellished way, that the Muslims are always going to support other Muslims, no matter what. He brought the example of the Greek War of Independence where the Greek muslims( they were many) did not fight with the Christian’s Greeks against Ottomans.