Civilizations die from suicide.
After spending 3 decades studying 26 civilizations, Toynbee found that civilizations rise when a creative minority actually solves hard problems and earns real loyalty from the people.
Then that same minority hardens into a dominant minority that keeps power through force and habit while it stops actually leading.
The majority disengages and a schism opens in the body social.
External threats only finish what already started from inside.
No invading army ever killed a healthy civilization, they only bury the ones that have already stopped believing in themselves.
@TRobinsonNewEra@Flagmanuk It's so sad to see so many people like this that have been propagandized to the point where they no longer can think rationally.
@ChefGruel It's also because of over litigiousness of our society. They would rather throw the food away rather than get pulled into a food-poisoning suit.