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Many prophecies predicted very nearly exactly this bullshit. It was called sci-fi.
Empires fall.
Rulers — elected, appointed, and de facto — grow lazy, stupid, overconfident, and short-sighted.
Listen/View: The Fall of Civilizations podcast
All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again. The trick is to have a long, calm interim of stability, providence, and peace.
Read: the Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. I got lazy and used the Wikipedia link.
All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again.
That’s Toaster talk!
I know, I know, the billionaires are fast-tracking another generation of Cylons. I promise, it’ll be different this time.
Or, maybe not.
