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Warpy

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2. Historical theorists from Polybius on forward have noted the cyclical nature
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:46 PM
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of great civilizations: the nearly meteoric rise, the plateau in which wars and natural disasters are dealt with and survived, and then the collapse, which can be through abandonment or a violent flameout as people turn on the power elite.

Epstein and the rotten class that made him rich would be obvious to all of them as a symptom of decline and fall We never seem able to pull out the weeds, their roots are too deep for that. We usually have to wait until the soil dries out and becomes depleted, which seems to be what's happening right now. The only question then becomes how many of us will survive the collapse and start the whole thing all over again.

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