Decadence in a civilization can be reversed. While the barbarian civilization must evolve upward, the decadent civilization must undo the damage that is devolving it. This is easier than it seems... Only its ideas have become corrupted. And ideas can be healed....
it’s actually a LOT HARDER than he’s making it sound.
But I loved the article.
Put me on the ping please.
Name ONE decadent civilization that stepped back from the cliff.
Just one.
The cycle requires a crash. Study Toynbee’s outline of history.
True. It took Europe over a thousand years to recover from the fall of the Roman Empire.