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> Our society can never fall...but societies have fallen since the dawn of time I guess the modern answer from a globalist is that back in the day, societies w
by capableweb 3y ago
> Our society can never fall...but societies have fallen since the dawn of time
I guess the modern answer from a globalist is that back in the day, societies weren't as entangled as they are today, so they could go into freefall relatively easily with little impact by other societies, so they let them fall, especially if it was beneficial for them.
But today everything is so interconnected that if one fall, it would heavily impact a large part of the rest of the societies, that we cannot let it happen. Just look at how unimportant most people would consider Ukraine to be, before the invasion. But it has a huge impact on large sectors, and most countries would have this impact. Some areas of the world, like the Eurozone, even purposefully lock themselves in with their partners so if Greece gets impacted by something, member states have to help them as it'll impact them greatly if they don't.
So I guess my end argument is that there isn't really "societies" anymore, we're just part of a global one where the decentralized nature is so strong that we cannot really fail (globally) anymore unless there is something really big impacting all of us (like COVID).
- vouaobrasil 3y agoWell, as technology progresses, we will become even more tightly coupled than before. Not sure if we could measure that, but if there is a coupling factor F, then it's proportional to the level of advancement of our technology, and the square F^2 is proportional to the level of hurt that will ensue if it breaks down.