At some point you need a new broom. It seems that's been the function of revolutions and coups for centuries, although occasionally a natural disaster provides

At some point you need a new broom. It seems that's been the function of revolutions and coups for centuries, although occasionally a natural disaster provides the opportunity. However, there is another concept from ancient wisdom, designed to break the inevitable cyclic stick-slip "sawtooth wave" of periodic violent reset. It is the "Jubilee" [0] In modern terms we'd have something like; every generation all political offices become null and void. Nobody who has been in any office for more than a year can ever re-enter politics. It would also be helpful at that point to break up too-large corporations and cancel debts. It's like controlled burning. Much of the misery and stagnation we face today is down to a lack of planned destruction. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_