>>16783293
>Civilization is cyclical.
The expression is "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times." Still, great empires never really return, no matter how much later leaders want to claim the mantle.
>Genetics drives technology, technology drives genetics. Lots of food and healthcare means lots of retards, means civilization forgets how to do food and healthcare; dead retards.
That is not cyclical, that is a single round and then exits.

>>106200649
>because they know what hell they've wrought upon us
It might not have been a conscious decision on their part but it sure as a part of the IUron Ladw of the Oligarchy and now we are clearly in the very end stages of it. Just compare with the Roman Empire shortly before the Fall.