I've always wondered what it felt like to live in the fall of civilizations and what could have been done to prevent it. For instance, the Emperor of Qing Dynas

I've always wondered what it felt like to live in the fall of civilizations and what could have been done to prevent it. For instance, the Emperor of Qing Dynasty China wanted to industrialize and modernize, but instead his bureaucrats diverted funds meant for modernizing the Navy into building another summer palace. Then that summer palace burned down during a war with Britain. Well guess fucking what, I'm living in a failed state.