> Mankind improves because systems become big, rigid, and unable to evolve. People come along and point that out, suggesting various theories about how those sy

> Mankind improves because systems become big, rigid, and unable to evolve. People come along and point that out, suggesting various theories about how those systems got that way, the reasons why they are wrong, and offering suggestions for improvement. Actually, this sounds like "Institutional Sclerosis", which is actually one of the main reasons that nations fail - some structure becomes more important than the welfare of society, be it a leader, some entity (like the military) or great collection of power by few people. This is exactly the situation that we see today that makes our society unable to evolve, and will guarantee the current slide continues.