The average age of the world's greatest civilisations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.
— Alexander Tytler
The question for us is this: Where are we?
That’s a fav quote.
IMHO, We’re somewhere along “From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence”
The United Kingdom is 308 years old, so its doing pretty well by Tytler’s reckoning. However, I think its days are numbered.