The fate of empires and Search for survivalGlubb, John Bagot Sir
The fate of empires and Search for survival
by Glubb, John Bagot Sir · first published 1978
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…status quo before chaos takes over. We need people to first quit pretending that there is no problem and break through their Upton Sinclair-cognitive dissonance against actually doing something. 0. The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival (PDF, 1977) by Sir John http://people.uncw.edu/kozloffm/glubb.pdf 1. Empires — The Rise & Fall by Renegade Inc. (2016) https://link.medium.com/iYeIqeMVl2
on “ This is how A Society Dies” ↗…why it seems like neither political party has a message aside from “at least I’m not the other guy”?). Democracy ends in oligarchy. It’s not like this is new. John Bagot Glubb talks about this in “The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival”. Our ruling class is showing the same patterns of those ruling an empire at the end of its days. Squabbling over the riches earned by those who came before with no regard for their people or the future.
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