Has it occurred to you that this might be because the status quo is actually a really bad situation, the more you look at it? Many civilizations have fallen, wi

Has it occurred to you that this might be because the status quo is actually a really bad situation, the more you look at it? Many civilizations have fallen, with the resulting societal complexity permanently reduced. Usually, this process is not sudden. I suspect each probably had their version of people speaking inconvenient truths, and being written off as pessimists.