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Is it time for another worldwide civilizational collapse?
American Thinker ^ | 21 Oct. 2026 | Robert Arvay

Posted on 10/22/2026 7:51:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber

It has happened before in history. Those who think it can’t happen again are out of their minds.

In 1200 B.C., worldwide civilization fell into ruin. That is only partially an overstatement. The Americas and Asia were on a separate path, but the Mediterranean complex of civilizations, the “known world,” was all but destroyed. It was laying the foundation of Western Civilization, which is the modern worldwide standard for science, technology, human rights, and self-government — and critically, an enduring monotheistic society.

The Bronze Age collapse took about a century, but that is sudden in terms of history. Before 1300 B.C. there was a network of prosperous, stable kingdoms. Then, shortly thereafter, everything went wrong at once. Volcanoes and invasions were the headline causes, but numerous other factors came into play. The result was the destruction of mighty empires. Thriving cities fell into ruin. Trade routes were cut. Barbarians massacred entire populations.

Recovery took centuries, but here we are, enjoying yet another golden age of worldwide prosperity. Yes, there are dark spots and open sores in the picture, but day to day, most people awaken to indoor plumbing and controlled temperatures. They enjoy breakfast, and they thrive within family, career, and comfort.

It could all come crashing down in a lifetime or less.

In the 1980s, cultural revolutionaries chanted, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western civ has got to go.” If no one took them seriously at the time, we do now, because they are getting their wish.

Witness Europe. The aforementioned modern worldwide standard for science, etc. is being eroded. Invaders who once were repelled at the walls have now been invited in through the gates, and given food, shelter, medical care, and freedom. In return, they plunder, rape, and murder their benefactors. The revolution continues.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: civilization; dsj02; leftism; neuroticdoomerism
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To: MtnClimber

Headlines In 1300 B C ?
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Doomed I Tell You.


21 posted on 10/22/2026 8:35:21 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (What's In Your Bucket List?)
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To: MtnClimber

‘The lepers are screaming at the healthy, “Be like us!”’

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man would not be king...he would be treated as a lunatic.


22 posted on 10/22/2026 8:40:01 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: Jim W N
Here’s what I believe the Bible prophesies:

Throughout history, highly advanced civilizations, from the Minoans and Mycenaeans to the Romans and Maya, have suffered devastating collapses that destroyed institutions, disrupted societies, and led to the loss of valuable knowledge and technology.

23 posted on 10/22/2026 8:45:40 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: PGR88

In europe when the parasites are done they will leave. And then the leftover white’s will rebuild it over the centuries.


24 posted on 10/22/2026 8:50:50 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: MtnClimber

History repeats itself over and over and over!


25 posted on 10/22/2026 8:51:37 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: MtnClimber

If these are the last days, that is a given.


26 posted on 10/22/2026 9:01:08 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Throughout history, highly advanced civilizations, from the Minoans and Mycenaeans to the Romans and Maya, have suffered devastating collapses that destroyed institutions, disrupted societies, and led to the loss of valuable knowledge and technology.

What coming is GIGANTIC (Rev. Chapters 17-18).

The whole world sytem collapses. I believe this will happen before this, the 21st century, is concluded.

27 posted on 10/22/2026 9:02:03 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA "by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: MtnClimber

Fourth Turning


28 posted on 10/22/2026 9:23:04 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: Jim W N
What coming is GIGANTIC (Rev. Chapters 17-18).

You may be right but we don't know that.

29 posted on 10/22/2026 9:30:06 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MtnClimber
People are warning the leftists, but the leftists seem to want the collapse.

A collapse is an opportunity to seize power.

30 posted on 10/22/2026 9:38:56 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: Salman

Out of chaos comes order.


31 posted on 10/22/2026 9:41:11 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Big Red Badger

The author left out the Dark Ages from the Early Middle Ages (about the 5th–10th centuries) in Western Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.


32 posted on 10/22/2026 10:02:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Salman

It’s also a chance to play Cowboys and leftoids with no bag limit. Once they are eradicated things can start getting back to normal.


33 posted on 10/22/2026 10:06:36 AM PDT by curious7
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To: MtnClimber

Seem to want it? Hell they are calling for it and are too stupid to see the results of their demands.


34 posted on 10/22/2026 10:10:02 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The U.S. is passing the test. Even if barely.

Europe not so much.

Much of the caterwauling of “The West” misses this distinction. Europe most likely is going to fall. Europe’s fall is going to save the U.S.

The U.S. is distinctly a “we/us” compared to “them” in Europe who cannot be saved. It is really no different in a sense to junkies - you can save junkies if they want to be saved, get cleaned up, rehab, etc etc.

The U.S. appears to want to be saved and so it can be. Europe is too far gone and has not yet hit rock bottom.

Trump is correct about France becoming an Islamic country. That might save all of the rest of Europe. But I am not holding my breath.

I would not recommend any more caterwauling about saving “The West”. Just save the U.S. and be done with it. Save your energy for something worth saving. America First.


35 posted on 10/22/2026 10:40:50 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (Progressivism was America's first Postliberal ideology. Ask me for details.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I do a lot to preserve our knowledge. Got 20 audio books right now in the works.

Best place to put it all is to put it right up on You Tube.


36 posted on 10/22/2026 10:43:00 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (Progressivism was America's first Postliberal ideology. Ask me for details.)
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To: dfwgator

Not at all.

Out of chaos comes dictatorships, murder, and tyranny. You can call that “order” but that’s not laudable and a bit abusive to the spoken/written word.

There is “order” in North Korea. I’d rather be dead than live in NK.


37 posted on 10/22/2026 10:45:50 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (Progressivism was America's first Postliberal ideology. Ask me for details.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

That is the “order”. That is the order the masters are hoping for.

Those who made the chaos will be first against the wall, when the new order comes.


38 posted on 10/22/2026 10:47:23 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DugwayDuke

AI:

“mischaracterized...political plot”

All the legislation over past decades pushing legal third world immigration must have been passed by Congress and signed by Presidents by accident.

That same “accident” must be the reason why leftist judges do everything they can to aid and abet illegal immigration.

Lol.


Footnote on some history—from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nation_of_Immigrants

“In the 1950s, former ADL National Director Ben Epstein was concerned by rising xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric, so he reached out to then-Senator Kennedy to write a manuscript on immigration reform.”


Now we know the real reason why it was done in the US and throughout the West.


39 posted on 10/22/2026 10:55:28 AM PDT by cgbg (Four seconds is all it takes to beat the brainwashing.)
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To: MtnClimber

3rd and 5th century...
I was absent from school that day too.


40 posted on 10/22/2026 11:09:12 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (What's In Your Bucket List?)
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