“The conclusion drawn by most of our élites is that the population constitutes a deep and dangerous well of ignorance and irrationality; if our civilization is in crisis the fault must lie with the populace which is not rising to the inescapable challenges. And yet civilizations do not collapse because the citizenry are corrupt or lazy or anti-intellectual. Civilizations collapse when those who have power fail to do their jobs.”
John Ralston Saul
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July 13, 2016 7:25 am
“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you.
Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski
Anonymous
July 13, 2016 9:52 am
Civilizations that don’t collapse from natural disasters and such making them unsustainable usually collapse from moral corruption.
And less morally corrupt new civilizations usually destroy them and take their place.
“The conclusion drawn by most of our élites is that the population constitutes a deep and dangerous well of ignorance and irrationality; if our civilization is in crisis the fault must lie with the populace which is not rising to the inescapable challenges. And yet civilizations do not collapse because the citizenry are corrupt or lazy or anti-intellectual. Civilizations collapse when those who have power fail to do their jobs.”
John Ralston Saul
“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you.
Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski
Civilizations that don’t collapse from natural disasters and such making them unsustainable usually collapse from moral corruption.
And less morally corrupt new civilizations usually destroy them and take their place.