> I think it's important to note that many institutions have technically persisted and adapted without really staying competitive. This will go ignored by most

> I think it's important to note that many institutions have technically persisted and adapted without really staying competitive. This will go ignored by most, for they are too caught up in the respect and power they enjoy now from their associations (or those they hope to gain by joining such ranks) to not realize that its slowly seeping away at best, and not strictly to individual states or corporate institutions, and that full "handover" of power is a slow process that can span generations with occasional jumps within any given one. It's resources are being siphoned to build anew, like the church's before it.