This paragraph suggests that we are living through the end-stage of Western civilisation. Do people agree, or disagree? :
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I have been meaning to read that. I'll get to it eventually.
I think we are heading into turmoil, but nobody predicted bitcoin. The game is different now.
From what I gather , when it comes to civilisation , the question of capital , and who has it , is like , a BIG deal.
Yes absolutely. The most essential factor after military force. Encryption may even flip that script and make capital more important than force, but only time will tell.
Western Civilization is the result of Christendom. We are in a post-Christian world. So, Western Civilization as we know it is ending.
Civilisations rise and fall, the story repeats itself throughout history and the reasons are similar to today's state of the west...
The only change is the frequency of the cycle increases