Monday, February 25, 2019

Are America and the West headed toward collapse? New study finds startling similarities to fall of past civilizations

So it's not surprising that a new study has made a similar 'prediction.

Unlike many past analyses, a new look at an old study by historian Arnold Toynbee in his 12-volume magnum opus "A Study of History" examined his findings and identified key elements within each past great civilization that explained why they collapsed.

In short, past great civilizations like the Roman Empire didn't "Die" so much as they 'committed suicide, the BBC reports.

"As part of my research at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, I am attempting to find out why collapse occurs through a historical autopsy. What can the rise and fall of historic civilizations tell us about our own? What are the forces that precipitate or delay a collapse? And do we see similar patterns today?".

Virtually all past civilizations have faced this fate.

The study noted: "The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent."

Study after study has shown that current entitlement programs are unsustainable and are on a path to insolvency, yet politically, it's impossible to reform them.

https://thenationalsentinel.com/2019/02/25/are-america-and-the-west-headed-toward-collapse-new-study-finds-startling-similarities-to-fall-of-past-civilizations/

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