I'm seeing a lot of interesting political movements in the world today and I can't help to feel that is likely that a similar thing has happen before.
Maybe we are 20-30 year from something like the fall of an empire or something similar but you guys might know more, so what can I read about a similar historic period to know what to expect?
Things are pretty degenerate today so that might be a sign
The whole west is in Weimar republic mode. So go and read Spengler if you have to.
>Things are pretty degenerate today so that might be a sign
Honestly, was there ever a time when it wasn't like that?
>>8375817
Of course, but I think maybe the deegre of liberties present has been seen in other declining civilizations before. You know how this is we go from one extreme to the other in a few years
>Things are pretty degenerate today so that might be a sign
Just wait till you actually start reading history books
>>8375797
The fate of empires and search for survival by John Bagot Glubb
>>8375887
Yeah, we should restrict the rights of everyone except an elect few (which you are obviously a part of)
>>8375817
But did they had the kind of liberties we have right now (speach, sexual, etc) I feel that maybe this is more like some older thing
>>8375909
>we should restrict the rights of everyone
What is this? Kindergarten? Obviously we have to kill 70% of the worldwide population. Just let my family and friends live.
>>8375926
>friends
>>8375914
You think sexual liberty is something new? Fun fact: shaved pussies where a huge thing in ancient egypt all up into medieval times. Some prude french queen set the trend that girls have to have hairs downstairs.
>>8375797
Dostoyevsky's "Demons"
>>8375955
Is like people are missing my point entirely, I know this shit is not new I want to know in what other period of time this set of circumstances happened before to get a feeling of what is coming.
Today we have economic prosperity but on a steady decline, world peace but also on a steady decline. Sexual, speech, religious and generally thinking liberties so besides the whole technological things in with part of history all this conditions were given and what was the outcome.
>>8375992
The Book of Revelations by John
>>8375997
I really don't feel we are there yet
>>8375992
its like the 1930s
>>8375797
>like the fall of an empire
Soon
The Collapse of Complex Societies- Tainter