"Wealth does not last more than 3 generations" This is my translation from "富不过三代”, an old Chinese saying about the impossibility of sustaining wealth. In som

"Wealth does not last more than 3 generations" This is my translation from "富不过三代”, an old Chinese saying about the impossibility of sustaining wealth. In some similar way, the power and wealth of a nation also is unsustainable. Every powerful nation falls eventually. And even the whole earth undergo patterns of up and down. 20th century seems a peak of human civilization, and 21 century seems a slow match to the inevitable crash...