Will Civilization Collapse?

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[@Odo-so8pj]

No just broken down part burned part demolished eroded not looked after and re programming done on a massive scale.

[@HOurWrld999]

Glad we on da same page brothA

[@FR-yr2lo]

Read WHY THE RIGHT IS LOSING THE BATTLE OF IDEAS

[@tedphillips2501]

It's called the Pareto Principle. The World Economic Forum is working to bring us down.

[@Madasin_Paine]

The hours men and women worked, the wages they received, the conditions of their labor - these had passed beyond the control of the people, and were imposed by this *_new industrial dictatorship_*. The savings of the average family, the capital of the small-businessmen, the investments set aside for old age - other people's money - these were tools which the new economic royalty used to dig itself in... Private enterprise, indeed, became too private. It became *_privileged enterprise_* , not free enterprise... These *_economic royalists_* complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they *_really complain of is that we seek to take away their power_* . - FDR ...a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. ...The Unelected Dictatorship of Money - Edward S. Herman and David Peterson

[@td00174]

Saddest part of last 3 years is seeing how many well-to-do people, some of which I held in high respect, choose group conformance rather than inquisitive love of truth.

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

Can you give me some examples pls?

[@sullathehutt7720]

Civilization is the domestication of man. It was conceived in applied violence. People don't do good unless forced to do good.

[@dave9547]

@@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes everyone who went along with the covid hysteria/insanity??

[@keepcalmcarryon3358]

@Shiny Flakes Sam Harris Every “doctor” advising or operating on people under 21 or at least 18 Every politician and Doctor going along with our stir ass covid protocol based on “science” which equates to whatever pharma tells them to say

[@td00174]

@@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes “Intellectuals” and “Leaders” demanding every one wear a mask and inject themselves because “we’re all in this together,” but didn’t have a clue about the real statistics of alleged virus impacting different populations differently. Or, in America, if you didn’t go along with “Black Lives Matter” you were a racist insurrectionist, despite the easy research one could conduct to confirm that organization never had a single good intent for black families, nor the American people as a whole. More division. Many just echoed fear based, virtue signaling propaganda because their tv and their neighbors said so. Very little rationale and logical based stances, more emotional and unsubstantiated regurgitation of trademarked-“science.” I could go on for days… hopefully I answered your question.

[@joshuapearson2217]

“That’ll never happen to us!” Said everyone it happened to.

[@askandersson5754]

I recommend you to watch Europa the last battle You can find the documentary on odyssey

[@samurai8698]

Reading Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and he talks how before the Lebanese war, they prided themselves of their tolerance and diversity, and how a war would never happen there.

[@pacocastaneda525]

I think the most pessimistic scenario I can think of would be a civilization that doesn't collapse, that just keeps going in it's sick state forever.

[@sinobili4447]

You're talking about limbo; a state which is only possible where time doesn't exist. As long as there is time, there will be cycles.

[@silentobserver4425]

Cyber punk reality

[@theunusual2051]

Only thing is that nothing in our realm is permanent

[@PolishBehemoth]

Modern day majority of africa comes to mind.

[@uykuykuykkuhkhukuh]

Facts..................DAMN FACTS

[@jiujitsustudent604]

The worst part is that a LOT of us see this happening and are powerless to do anything. We look on with frustration and sadness as the people who help to speed it along continue on their destructive paths, all the while believing that they are righteous and good. This is the cycle. Human nature. It will only end when we destroy ourselves completely or fundamentally change what it means to be human.

[@beingsshepherd]

Or just stop being hypocrites.

[@aaronadame418]

Stoicism and other philosophies helps me cope with that powerlessness because after all nobody can truly harm you if you devote your life to not being attached to this world or your life. I see what's going on in the world right now as a survival of the fittest type of situation.

[@umiluv]

You can change your own life. Know that ppl have survived through these hard times throughout history. Make your goal to be one of them. Community, skills, gardening, preserving, hunting, fishing, etc. Work on those skills. No point in lamenting what could have been. We have to prepare for times ahead.

[@alw3203]

the point was we weaken ourselves and the strong then come and destroy us , because we will not be abell to take the suffering need to save ourselves the past empires that fell were destroy by invaders after an age of conquest and growth we the west have conqued and grown and now are weak and the east and africa are growing and getting strong ,when will the date be

[@beingsshepherd]

@@alw3203 The weakness is self-inflicted. Half of society oppresses the other half and both sides despise war protestors. Under this hate triangle the economy implodes along with productivity, social mobility and young people's futures.

[@gauloise6442]

I grew up in Rome, and whenever I would walk past the Roman Forum, I couldn't understand how something so beautiful, civilized and advanced could be left to decay to the point the ruins were at one time being used as shepherd land for sheep. I understand now.

[@Stryfe52]

I almost thought you were alive during the time of the Roman Empire…

[@Originalman144]

@@Stryfe52 We can only hope that the future ruins of DC evoke the same fuzzy feelings.

[@tishie42]

@@Originalman144 doubtful there will be any rubble left..

[@nobodynowhere21]

@@Originalman144 We need to find the psychopaths in D.C. and drag them out of their rat holes. Both parties, no exceptions.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Whenever the Last Man wins, we all lose.

[@margaretreefer1145]

My history teacher told us that there is often a direct correlation between the moral decay of a civilization and it's downfall. If this is true, I think we are probably doomed.

[@dwightk.schruteiii8454]

We are. Traditional values, those particular to have making this nation the beacon for the rest of the world is overtly assaulted and being ripped away. It is being replaced by “woke” values; progressivism, post modernism, ect. Those who subscribe to that ideology overtly belittle and take away traditional values. I remember in college my communications professor was a BIG woke-type. Her and another class mate of mine (both veterans) got into a debate with her about absolute truth and meaning. Besides denying that truths are absolute she (and I still dont know if to this day she was being serious) questioned what is meaning. She, supposedly, quite literally didn’t know what meaning was. This video reminded me of her a lot. She was tangible evidence of what this video spoke of.

[@turnipsociety706]

Your history teacher was not doing history, he was just making convenient statements up that he thought were good for you. There is no scientific definition of "moral decay" that I know of in the field of social science

[@turnipsociety706]

@@dwightk.schruteiii8454 the values that made the US a "beacon" as you say, we're actually very woke in their time. Now you see them as "traditional". For more info, watch the channel "what is politics?" on the difference between the Left and the Right, you will find it interesting in regards of the values you talk of

[@stevem815]

The difference being that we can see the pattern. It may be that we get enough of a shock to recognize and integrate that knowledge and people turn away en masse from decadence. Past civs would probably have been more ignorant of the civilisational cycle, it should be obvious, and become more so as it progresses for us. The other thing is that decadence sucks, it makes people miserable. 15 years ago no-one would admit that was true, it was like everyone was in a teen 'you can't tell me what to do' mentality. Now there are huge numbers of people openly talking about how porn, drugs, casual sex etc. are terrible for your wellbeing and even more people nodding along. So there's hope yet. And all the really decadent people seem to be busy sterilising themselves, or at least not reproducing, so maybe we're watching a civilisation collapse and another rise in it's place at the same time.

[@dwightk.schruteiii8454]

@@turnipsociety706 I talk of traditional values. In simple terms everything that is the antithesis of ‘woke’ Heterosexuality Monogamy Nuclear family structure Every principle prescribed in the bill of rights and preamble of the Constitution. The american dream of self autonomy and this: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmPceXqZos2Ve80 Not sure what ass you have your head in.

[@branddann]

"When a culture becomes over loaded with pictures, when logic and rhetoric lose their binding authority, when historical truth becomes irrelevant, when the spoken word or written word is distrusted or makes demands on our attention that we are incapable of giving, when our politics, history, education, religion, public information, and commerce are expressed largely in visual imagery rather than words, then a culture is in serious jeopardy. " -Neil Postman

[@kludgedude]

1920: addictions are bad 2020: find meaning in your addictions

[@alaunaenpunto3690]

1920: vices are bad 2020: vices are virtues

[@dustinmenezes559]

100 years of collective knowledge... Imagine what we'll know in another 100 years

[@MG-fv4oj]

One thing that does worry me is the death of basic skills.

[@stevem815]

Yep, people don't understand what we've done by exporting all our manufacturing to asia. We are going to be helpless if the financial fictions we rely on collapse. Why will the Chinese keep sending goods in return for pieces of paper? At some point that trick is going to stop working and they'll want something real to make up the trade deficit.

[@GhostRangerr]

For me it's the death of common sense

[@andresgreene4913]

That's why this video is sponsored by, Skill Share.

[@patscheible5140]

It’s the premeditated murder of basic skills. Take away challenging and nurturing the mind and replace that with junk schooling, “entertainment “ around the clock, and a trophy for everyone.

[@beingsshepherd]

I try not to use calculators.

[@snakeplissken9587]

Could've fooled me if we aren't living in an age of civilizational collapse. All the dystopian movies I watched in the 80's and 90's are pretty much becoming prophecy now.

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

Ahem cuzinz

[@ErnaSolbergXXX]

All these movies had one purpose, to normalize the idea before they executed the steps to make the transition.

[@MyName-zd9pe]

@@ErnaSolbergXXX Exactly. Most movies out of Hollyweird are them bragging about what's to come.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@MyName-zd9pe J00llywood

[@URProductions]

​@@ErnaSolbergXXX Or perhaps, people in general simply have an intuitive understanding of how human drama unfolds. Not everything is necessarily a fucking conspiracy, man.

[@mr.coolmug3181]

I heard somewhere that when the barbarians were invading Rome, the Romans were begging them to come in and run their lives. I don't know if that's true, but it would indicate that civilizations end when conditions become so unbearable and meaningless that the people want it all to end. If things are so good and great about modern life there wouldn't be so many discontented people talking about its collapse.

[@dugclrk]

At the end of the Roman empire they had hyper inflation and only the well off could afford bread. Sound familiar?

[@karatuschka]

Semi-true. The Romans allowed select Germanic tribes (who it is worth noting were culturally quite similar to Romans) into the empire to help them rebuild their collapsing population and military. So you basically have an incredibly complex interplay of nominally foreign political leaders being integrated into the Roman political structure and seeking more power within it, all while a series of ineffectual Roman emperors cannibalised its institutions during a devastating environmental and economic crisis. In the end Rome didn’t fall to outside invasion, but was dismantled piecemeal by the guys in charge of the show due to little more than blind self-interest.

[@mattstiglic]

I believe that this particular instance of collapse will be quite different, because for the first time we are experiencing an engineered, global collapse. The predator class understands that in order to fix something to their liking, they must first break it.

[@TheeBohemian]

It is something else. I doubt it will persist for more than one generation, as it is inherently self-cannibalizing and antithetical to human nature. Yet in the face of total annihilation from an emergent theoretical-technological instrumentality sufficiently complex enough to make it feasible, perhaps another dark age without these apocalyptic devices nor any infrastructure to develop them would be a necessary regression. There would be incredible hardship, yet it would be survivable by proof-of-concept.

[@lolgriffin3243]

I think those you speak of are simply hastening something that was already underway. We've been in an active decline since the 60s at least.

[@bez1196]

There's no "predator class". You make them out to be deities. It's just ppl who shit and eat just like you. I'm afraid we're all to blame for the way things are turning out.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

@@lolgriffin3243 1910. Jekyll Island. Titanic was intentional.

[@MVProfits]

Yet it makes no sense. The current "elites" trying to crush us and make us conformist idiots are already super powerful and wealthy. I think it will backfire and people will have had enough, they will pay. But after great generalized misery, that was all done from within, without any "natural reason" for it. I wonder if there are parallels in History. There must be, though not on the scale the modern world allows.

[@jquentinburns7581]

"Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars. And so the kingdom of Gondor sank into ruin, the line of kings failed, the white tree withered and the rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men." - Gandalf

[@W-G]

Tolkien was a genius creative and very devout catholic. Hes a legend.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

Oh yes

[@king-manu2758]

And nowadays, during the decline of this particular civilization, they'll have us believe Tolkien was about "diversity". That must be one of the definitive traits of a dying civilization, how the new generations devoid of any principles, seek to rewrite the symbols of the past to be just as they are, to tranquilize their anxiety about their current debased state.

[@Tyler_W]

Worthy of note that with Aragorn came a new renaissance. Just because things may be decaying does not mean that renewal cannot happen in the future, and it also does not mean that we can do our part to bring renewal right now. As the old world crumbles, not only better yourself but better your community and those around you and help be an architect of what comes next that we can make better than what came before in the ways that matter most.

[@c3bhm]

@@king-manu2758 It's deliberate "cultural defilement" by marxists using cultural-marxism to divide-and-conquer by exploiting the natural fault-lines of identity-politics.

[@KenMoss]

Freud called this the repetition compulsion: "We feel driven to repeat mistakes from the past in the hopes that this time the situation will work out differently, but it rarely does. To break free, you must identify the pattern"

[@jackson32]

This is also called "acting out". It is an unconscious attempt to resolve a deeply buried trauma. I guess you have to face that pain. I have never heard a satisfactory way of eliminating it from your subconscious, but I think if you do conscious meditation about it, it helps. By this I mean analyze it and see what the reality was, almost always part of it is not to blame yourself and to hopefully feel the pain of it so it is resolved. That is the theory anyway.

[@jethrobodine9155]

Freud schmeud. And while we're at it....Nietzsche schmietzsche....

[@egrytznr8893]

@@jethrobodine9155don't forget Jung Shmung... Everyone is full of shit sometimes

[@dugclrk]

This would require a elite class for thousands of years. Which we do have. Unfortunately at this point they now have the technology to control everything.

[@bassmit9753]

Freud was spreading j.e.w.i.s.h talmudic pilpul, you fools.

[@brentbielinski6164]

Even if Rome is burning around you, don't forget to dance and sing, for it is the journey and not always the end that is worth recognizing and living... "We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played." -Alan Watts

[@MatejCrhak]

”Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results“. - Albert Einstein

[@dugclrk]

This time it has been planned. Any sane person could see the effects of climate laws, not to mention they told us the plan in UN Agenda 21 years ago.

[@beingsshepherd]

Hmm, So is perseverance 🤔

[@timangar9771]

Søren Kierkegaard wrote in "either/or": "On the other hand, what was it that delayed the fall of Rome? It was panis [bread] and circenses [games].What is being done in our day? Is consideration being given to any means of amusement?" Kierkegaard wrote from the fictional perspective of A, a young esthete who thought that "the meaning of life is to be amused". A then goes on to explain that the only thing that could stall civilizational collapse was an abundance of pleasure and amusement. This was written in 1843, and now look at the world today.

[@rlj7647]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@bradbear]

Interesting. Delayed because the populous was too distracted with meaningless things and missed their window of opportunity to change directions. I believe this video called this the age of decadence which breeds nihilism and addiction. There is no meaning of life only meaning in the things we do with our lives.

[@hewasadragonman8382]

Africa is the only continent above replacement level. They are a culture of chaos and domination. We're not. They win. We lose unless we go on a genocide spree.

[@phoqyu4721]

@@bradbear the collapse happens when society and the people therein cannot afford the pleasures and amusements or bread and circus. We are frighteningly close to that point. Theoretically if we keep printing money and somehow distribute that to everyday regular people you can keep the distractions going endlessly until resources actually deplete but the greed of those in control keeps that from happening which will eventually lead to complete collapse of economy i would imagine after that happens that there will be small factions of people with control of resources and weapons and drones that can surveil and police people until there is a mass die off. Then tech will die out and we will be restarting with the idiots who stole the most.

[@dugclrk]

Inflation is what eventually ended Rome.

[@fullstackmastery]

Worth noting: "...whoever wishes to foresee the future, must consult the past"

[@MyName-zd9pe]

Amen. 🙏✝️🇺🇸

[@lumberluc]

Sodom and Gamora 2.0 is here... and its nationwide

[@MyName-zd9pe]

@@lumberluc Yep!

[@mtn1793]

In our situation the past to consult are the five great extinction events. That’s how dire it really is.

[@lumberluc]

@@mtn1793 The Flood, The Plagues, I know there's more. The Astroid Strike that ended the dinosaurs is a cop out since we should of seen something of a damage point. Which says... dinosaurs were with us, pre-flood era and they were our b****.

[@CalienteDesign]

We are already in deep decay. People just don't want to see reality. Time to live on the fringes.

[@peacefuldaizy5717]

I think they see it, hence the aggressiveness and anger.

[@narayaninception2771]

For me this is your most excellent video.This explains the continuous rise and fall of Indian Civilization. We now treat our glorious scriptures such as Mahabharata and Ramayan as useless myths and don't care for Upnishads.Ah! I observed that Mahabharata and Ramayana are very helpful for Indian society to keep their mind free from anxiety and burden.These books atleast keep a high moral picture to live in daily life for masses. Virtues like chastity, sacrifice and hard work are essential not from the moral standpoint but from standpoint of individual progress.

[@nontologicalbeing]

The day that the last person turns away from your nation’s wisdom will be the last day of Indian civilization. You are right, they are far too important and valuable to be forgotten. They are what has allowed India to rise and fall over the millennia and yet keep going

[@jinofhell]

Yenga ponaalum ungaa tholla thaanga mudiyalada....did you know the fact that Bhagavad-Gita was only later included as part of Mahabharata just to compete with moral works of Buddhism and Jainism? Don't make it look like only vedas are Indian culture. India is a continent on its own with multiple cultural setups.

[@narayaninception2771]

@@jinofhell Geeta is not a book of morality and ethics. It has a well developed philosophy useful for every man in this world. It was always in the bhisma parva of Mahabharat and not known to masses.It was used by few monastics and spiritual teachers. Sankaracharya made it famous again by writing a lucid commentry on it and thus it reached more people. At last I conclude that indian glorious heritage also includes Buddhism and Jainism with Vedanta. There are many ways to reach the goal.Respect every way but be eternally devoted to your own way.

[@human.imagination]

Luckily civilizations don’t end on a particular date nor does a collapsing empire prevent a person from being spiritually, mentally, and physically fortified.

[@ClaytonBridges]

How do you conduct yourself within that society in that way then?

[@TheBorderRyker]

@@ClaytonBridges with compassion.

[@human.imagination]

@@ClaytonBridges by seeking understand and knowing what at play.

[@jordangill2710]

Actually a falling civilisation will lead to greater immorality as laws and rules collapse and resources become more scarce, people become more violent and steal more, sexual assault rises also and war happens more frequently. Then to defend yourself, your family and your property you also have to become more violent. Compassion, morality and virtue are the luxuries of a stable civilisation. Watch civilisation fall, and you will see less moral conduct. I suggest going to third world countries or ghettoes to see how uncivilised people behave. It isn’t pleasant.

[@joshuasy10]

Still feels bad man

[@Typhanos]

It already collapsed, we're just living the decay

[@Halcyon1997]

Do you understand the definition of the word "collapse"? Society is still very much firing on all cylinders, it is however, struggling to keep it's pace and the foundation and infrastructure is cracking.

[@gamedevyoutube3.030]

​@@Halcyon1997how?

[@neiljohnson9686]

Yeah I’ve always said as soon as mankind figured out how to NOT spend 90 percent of their time and effort getting food, water and reproducing, it all went downhill. At a micro level I am miserable when not driven by some purpose. I thrive in a crisis. We are left to find our own purposes, the lucky ones find some for ourselves

[@dugclrk]

The Liberal New World Order wants to fix everything by having total control of everything. 1st on the to do list is climate change. In other words depopulation by getting rid of carbon pollution.

[@shipaskof8371]

Youre right. Middle class american women were on anti depressants when poverty stricken phillipinos had no depression - their time was spent just struggling to get the basics and they were cheetful unlike those whining Kardashians.

[@beingsshepherd]

_The devil makes work for idle hands._

[@0oo00]

@@guitarszen torture might make you miserable but you're ready to argue 😆

[@dsilver3352]

Despite the gloomy prospect, it is reassuring to know that past civilizations have collapsed for several similar reasons that we are currently going through, that is why knowing history is important. We need to re-start periodically. The current ideology is unsustainable. Videos like this help, but there are many people we just can't reach. Those of us who know whats going on must continue to support one another.

[@beingsshepherd]

Continue? Those creeps don't live ethically. They have normie friends and support the troops.

[@drewsimoncomedy]

Simply amazing. I have shared videos from this channel with friends and family who scoff at what is said. It is scary because it is so easy to feel like you're the only one seeing what's happening

[@Crafty.Veteran.Survival]

Right there with ya man.

[@MyName-zd9pe]

Same here. 🙏✝️🇺🇸

[@dehaman_4_144]

You are certainly not alone.

[@ragmanx6256]

Keep pushing man. If your efforts manage to touch at least one mind out there, that's a victory. I often come across as painfully stubborn for this very reason, but such is the price to pay to shake people into waking up.

[@WillyEckaslike]

in general people today care about nothing but themselves and their materialistic lifestyle

[@linteriation6246]

There is nothing more isolating than the feeling of being a modern Noah before the flood. (I'm not trying to claim that I am an individual with Noah's righteousness. I'm just comparing the notion that we are foreseeing a future the world is willingly blind to)

[@timhanna4700]

The book of Enoch gives a greater explanation of what was taking place during Noah’s days. It’s interesting. I always wondered what could have been so vile that Yah would wipe everything out with a flood. Enoch sheds much light on that.

[@linteriation6246]

@@timhanna4700 I know, really makes you wonder why the power that be decided to remove it from the book 🤔

[@MrMarbles0Xecution]

We can see that after the flood. Noah pretty much got drunk off his ass. I've learned that most addicts aren't weak or bad people, they are just traumatized souls that have seen too much shit and turn to drugs for escapism. He witnessed both the sinfulness of a society which he had sympathy for and then witnessed its entire demise. As wise as Noah was, and with how long he lived, I can only wonder if he reached sobriety through realizing a thirst for drugs only begets more thirst. As Buddha teaches. only confinement and restriction of desires can heal the cycle of thirst and suffering. You say you feel isolated before the coming flood. Remember what this video said that the genius of myth and religion can help you hold strong in moral principles in this troubling time. Just as it saved Noah, Faith can save us again. You are not so alone this time, we are all here and can ride a ship to calmer pastures. God be with you.

[@ThillerKillerX]

@@MrMarbles0Xecution Why does God keep screwing all of us?

[@bushy9780]

@@ThillerKillerX To test our worthiness of Heaven? I'm sure it's getting mad packed up there so He's gotta get more scrupulous.

[@justsayin1879]

Sums up the decaying conditions of most of the once great American cities. Excellent 👏🏽

[@mirinlatzbrah]

I’m always impressed and saddened whilst watching your videos. The uncomfortable realities that are discussed, accompanied with the most beautiful art that eerily depicts the nature of our world and species, your work is informative art in itself. Keep doing what you do AOI.

[@jamessmith7909]

Everything that has a beginning, eventually has an end. This applies to Solar systems, Star's and most certainty civilizations. It's only a matter of time, and by what means.

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

Ahem cuzin,Ahem

[@DanielSMatthews]

If you see the stages of a civilisation as segments in a circle it is possible to maintain it in a perpetual manner by constantly spawning a younger stage, thus each segment in turn experiences a progression of stages while the circle is in an aggregated steady state. This also allows for minds of a particular ilk to migrate to a segment that best suits their attitudes and motivations, however this could also accelerate the cycling by polarising each segment's society more rapidly. So can this be done at the scale of a single planet, probably not, but across an entire solar system including artificial space habitats it may be feasible, it is certainly more likely across multiple star systems as they would be less likely to homogenize due to the tyranny of distance, however the collapse or end stage for given segment in a given epoch may see them not able to sustain interstellar travel therefore the above mechanism could become disrupted if pioneers and their ideas are not able to reseed that segment, therefore it would be beholden on one stage to monitor and maintain the other segments that were in less well resourced and competent stages to ensure the circle keeps "turning".

[@jeremiahmeade710]

The soul lives on though. Nothing is worthwhile unless there is companionship between friends who share it. Ideas do not end either, for when one idea is as fully realized in a society as it can be (like decadence), and it happens to be a wrong idea, which contradicts the fabric of reality, then the society tends to collapse. That idea lives on to corrupt another society though, and then another one after that: it corrupts as many societies as humans will allow, and they tend to allow it, then disallow it, then allow it again because they forget that there actually is a reason behind existence, and they forget their history. "The cost of liberty is eternal vigilance." (Thomas Jefferson). The soul lives on for companionship because companionship is an actual good idea, which is stitched into the fabric of reality. The religion of Christianity would be false if this were not the case. Every corporeal that has a beginning might eventually end, but spiritual things tend to live on.

[@ANDY-ue7dk]

And every ending leads to a new beginning. Look into the Mayan K'atun. 20 periods of approx 20 years. Each one lays the groundwork for the next one and restarts the cycle approx every 400. The modern version (because modernity may have shortened attention span) is the four turnings; stong men make good times; good times make weak men; weak men make bad times; bad times make strong men. Question is, which "turning" is happening now?

[@jasjay873]

@@DanielSMatthews is there anyone you can name that supports this idea? i have never heard of this concept. is this some sci-fi idea you made up or is this like actually researched and peer reviewed scholastic topic that can be looked more into? or are tik tok videos the only way to get solid info about this "civilisation as segments in a circle?"

[@sandraiventosch8555]

I'm planting a garden, raising chickens, and learning Mandarin

[@NashHinton]

It's already collapsing. Collapse is a process that usually takes about 40 years throughout history.

[@freedomunedited6836]

How long do you think until so? What year

[@killera5216]

One of, if not the best channel on censorship tube.

[@mann8098]

It is probably one of the most important.

[@MyName-zd9pe]

Literally the best and most informative!!! 🙏✝️🇺🇸

[@mann8098]

@917RAINMAN good one, key word: "too" 😆 (just a little bit but not that much).

[@lucaswagar1127]

It’s brilliant because if he spoke directly about what’s going on in modern society, rather than referencing the great minds that he does, this channel would be immediately censored

[@mann8098]

@@lucaswagar1127 I agree.

[@liamwinter4512]

What troubles me is the fourth turning. Not every culture or country is in a fourth turn but with the addition of social media and a global unending news cycle has slowly synced out paths and now many "connected" countries are in noticable decline.

[@toddwinton5025]

great observation

[@MrAyeRz]

Research Lima Agreement and Kalergi Plan

[@fib1478]

@@MrAyeRz 🤦🏻

[@dame6107]

Honestly Stellar Observation

[@metalrules1135]

All part of the plan. Demoralization and Destabilization. You don't have to limit it to a single country or culture at a time now. It can be done everywhere all at once. It's going to be epic when the inevitable Crisis happens.

[@deltathirtyfour]

This video just gave me cold chills, I’ve been working on these exact topics for about two years. Great video!

[@phoenixrises1311]

"The Age of Affluence" Chapter literally describes San Diego and San Francisco!

[@Don_Thomas_]

This video was so timely. I think we're currently experiencing the final act of civilization. Shit is going downhill fast.

[@dugclrk]

Truth, inflation ended Rome and is going to do the same today. Unfortunately this has all been planned. Agenda 21 has been adopted by most countries.

[@beingsshepherd]

What civilisation? Politicians (Trump & Rashida Tlaib) use the term MF in public.

[@diapersFTMFW11]

Because this time it was deliberate and engineered

[@Don_Thomas_]

@@diapersFTMFW11 Right, smh.

[@dinoluka11]

@@Don_Thomas_ I don't think it was deliberate, but it was definetly engineered by The Powers That Be. They want to break our civilization to forge a new one, in their own "utopian" vision. Brace yourselves friends. Something tells me we've seen nothing yet.

[@Charleroi92]

Brilliant vid, mate! The saying "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" came to mind while watching this

[@amagdenovski]

Incredibly well put-together video. Thank you so much for this.

[@HeathenHammer80]

This was the first video I’ve seen of your channel. What a great, well thought out explanation of what happens to civilizations over time. It’s plain to see that you’re right on the mark. Definitely earned a subscriber in me.

[@AGirlHasNoName829]

I would like you to know that your videos always lead me down paths I never knew existed...so many wonderful philosophers I've never discovered...all with profoundly intuitive and accurate predictions of where we are now as a society and potential ways to improve on our past. Your work is priceless.... ❤

[@tarzan.CB.]

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[@civicparadox4644]

The question implies we are all in the same boat. There is certainly a section of society that is decadent and nihilistic. They tend to be the progressive types living in large cities. But there is another section that does not share in that sentiment at all; in fact they find the whole business thoroughly unrelatable and bizarre. We may not be collapsing so much as fragmenting.

[@toddberkely6791]

as we fragment you will realise how interconnected and interdependent we have become. it is already happening.

[@mik569]

I love living in a rural province.

[@civicparadox4644]

@@toddberkely6791 Yes, but the dissident right is scrambling to build a parallel economy as quickly as it can. No doubt the outcome is uncertain. But to say everyone is listlessly lounging around in wait of an inevitable collapse would be in error.

[@woodywong76]

I think this is true, but the problem is which of the two groups hold social, political and economic dominion.

[@fdfdfddfh6430]

indeed. But the system will only have to wait a little longer for the "city types" to degenerate and soon you can also attack the people that aren't under control, and live in rural areas.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

This is the best video you all have put out - extremely well done. These ideas work at the individual and the cultural levels. It's up to us as individuals to maintain our part in the cultural fabric in this way.

[@aric5011]

Yup. I've been contemplating about this for many years now. Thanks for all the references in your video. Now when I talk about about these things to others I will use some of your references and they might have a better understanding of what I'm trying to explain.

[@biomuseum6645]

I don’t want it to collapse But I wished it descentralices, no more supermegapowers, no more gargantuan corps, no more profit worship economies

[@EskimoCanadian44]

That's a Tall Order.

[@Gotinha123]

what do you mean by profit worship economies? Profit is the creation of value

[@pauloakes6952]

@@Gotinha123 I agree. Pursuit of profit is not our downfall. If anything profit is the glue that holds society together. Pursuit of power and control on the other hand...

[@fracktar]

@@Gotinha123 profit isn't value. You can't eat profit.

[@kylecope528]

This is what I want as well, along with a new system of education which seeks to reconcile its traditional goals of cultural and intellectual enrichment with its a new status as a way to filter a world of online information through no other belief system besides trust in critical thinking.

[@nathnaeltadesse5236]

I appreciate everything you do...and you have done...you are an inspiration ...you are art

[@creed22solar123]

@@ts8206 seems to me you're neither a philosopher nor an artist if you can't see the connection between the two.

[@nathnaeltadesse5236]

@@creed22solar123 😂😂😂

[@redhorizons8696]

Guys, a lot of you speak true words, dont give up, stay strong during these dark times. You are not alone, we are entering a dark period, stay positive and look after your loved ones! ❤️

[@beingsshepherd]

Things were _bright_ during Abu Ghraib?

[@jeremymenning56]

The fact that we are even considering this question so closely and consulting the past to ask it is a symptom of civilization's collapse.

[@RaiRai214]

This question pops up every other week or even day, for decades and civilization is still here. It's like climate change fear mongering, they bring up a lot of talking points, claiming the worse case scenario is just around the corner and yet after years of this, we're not underwater

[@torsteinrocks]

Sike every generation does this. Statistically speaking times have never been better. To say we are worse off now then when Khan or Nero was ruling you would be delusional.

[@dbitely01]

@@torsteinrocks didn't say we were worse off just a higher level of a potential collapse. what a sweet time to be alive isn't it? right? lol

[@knightofkorbin888]

@@torsteinrocks Those were both smaller scale. If even one civilization collapses in this time period it will have a much larger ripple effects globally than anything remotely possible in the past due to the vast connections civilizations have been rapidly developing with each other over the last couple of centuries.

[@theangrydweller1002]

@@torsteinrocks where far worse off now as society doubles its efforts to conform us into computer like drones to work for the never ending march of “progress” People used to be real animals back then now people are just things.

[@nate_d376]

This perfectly describes America right now.

[@Odo-so8pj]

The world as the globalists seek to hermogonise the planet.

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

Exactly.

[@WillyEckaslike]

look into who got prawn laws and massimm passed during the60s and u have the answer

[@quackitytheasker9977]

@@WillyEckaslike didn't have access to outlets that show this info, may I ask the name of the country

[@angelikagalley5167]

............and Germany!😐

[@Thomas-iz2bt]

This is indeed information that needs to be made easily accessable for as large an audience as possible. Very well done.

[@JoeyGee1000]

Not all of civilization will collapse; some will collapse, others will rise.

[@Gunrun808]

It's a healthy idea to think that disaster is self imposed both on a personal and societal level. If we stay virtuous we might just avoid it. All stories of the ancient past talk of disaster as punishment for decadence. We need to return to the concepts of sin and virtue or we risk annihilation.

[@Odo-so8pj]

Seek God it happens when we turn away from God

[@Gunrun808]

@@Odo-so8pj the religions of secularism are following a form of god in my opinion. They call god 'the environment' and 'The planet'. My issue with it is that they actively denounce the old stories that have kept us alive untill now. Also, their moral tenants are loose and incomplete.

[@WorldPeace-AdamNeira]

“Since disease was considered the natural sequel to sin, only repentance could prevent its occurrence once some wicked deed was perpetrated.” - Maurice Bear Gordon

[@PolishBehemoth]

Decadence literally increaaes the downfall of civilizations and empires. Look it up. Ottoman empire, greece, rome, usa now.

[@davidbudzynski4847]

Back to black and white, dualism that helped lead us to decadence in the first place.

[@timefororbit]

I knew much of this from history and popular discussions, but it was still enlightening and refreshing to hear. Thank you.

[@aghorismo]

Your work is appreciated. Thank you!

[@byronsmith1982]

Thank you for the clear explanation. Thank you for the immense amount of energy and time you've spent creating this presentation ☆☆☆☆☆

[@philipmurphy2]

Just live the best life you can, Focus in what you think is good.

[@alostpilgrimsjourney5953]

If a crap philosophy can be reduced to just a couple thoughts - you have achieved it.

[@alrinaleroux9229]

Even better: focus on what you KNOW is good. Stand up for the truth, resist lies.

[@HubertofLiege]

What we tolerate today will be embraced tomorrow.

[@cch312]

The narrative is so poetic... Thanks a lot!

[@biggbbear6300]

I moved from Napa to Wisconsin about three months ago people are much heartier here. They know how to fix things hunt fish and they’re tough. my neighbor a very nice guy in his mid-30s married text the whole court when we had fires in Napa and there was no power his cell phone was down at one bar and he was panicking and asking if anybody could charge his phone I thought how pathetic you could even figure out to drive to Walmart and plug something into his car to charge his phone

[@jonaholiphant1020]

Using reason to conclude that extreme reason is dangerous was a satisfying irony.

[@chad8537]

Powerful work. It’s sorrowful to see the decline.

[@nicholasleonard9770]

A somewhat selfish view of mine- as a poet, I see this first hand. Everyday people don't pursue literature unless it's the OG dark academia novels that are trending on tiktok. My career is not noble because I'm not in the rat race. I'm pursuing literary art in a world that doesn't want it, doesn't know it needs it, in a world where people on OnIyfans make more than the everyday struggling artists/poet like me. That's just what I think. The world can collapse. I'll just be writing poetry as it does

[@maxbesley1412]

No this view of yours is not selfish, and thank you for sharing. The ignoring of, and even attack on, the humanities, goes hand in hand with the decline of culture and the decay of society. Poetry (and music, literature, Shakespeare, drama, etc.) is of immense value and the fact that engaging with these things often raises eyebrows shows how hallow Western culture has become. As Ophuls points out in a quote from this video, our lives are increasingly “value free”. Unless we re-engage with the humanities we will, in the end, not have any serious society/culture at all.

[@danquarterman]

Absolutely. What comes up, must come down. We keep teaching our children to be subservient. Making them slaves. We do it to ourselves... we do... And that's why it really hurts...

[@neo_aliaga]

What an insightful comment. because this is exactly what is going on.

[@Halcyon1997]

It's hard to say if these rules even apply to our society in the same way they used too. The internet changed everything alone, in and of itself.

[@wurzelbert84wucher5]

Don't be fooled, nothing changed.

[@JIMMYUNKNOWN]

One of your most concise, I think. Well done!

[@Leon612]

Yeah, the Fate of Empires is a fun little read. I could speak all day about this, but the US is probably going to be the first “empire” in history to go through all the stages the fastest. Nothing but rot from the inside. That artwork @5:00 looks amazing tho.

[@natemichael9655]

Agreed. Anyone know what that painting at 5:00 is?

[@Leon612]

The Palaces of Nimrod painting.

[@natemichael9655]

@@Leon612 Thanks so much man, much appreciated

[@love2win]

You really knocked it out of the park with this one!

[@Josephmgo1]

"I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

[@BobWidlefish]

Civilizations that rely structurally on theft and coercion have certain dynamics that likely ensure their end. The solution to this problem is a self-selected voluntary private-property society. One that doesn’t rely structurally on theft and coercion (no state welfare is possible).

[@UnschoolingCOM]

Unschooling - Freedom to Learn - freedom starts with the children releasing the chains that modern society has shackled them in!

[@ragmanx6256]

Weak men create bad times, bad times create strong men, strong men create good times, and there we go again, in a nutshell, eh? That's ironically both the silver lining and the ominous reminder of our very self-defeating nature, I suppose.

[@davidbudzynski4847]

I think humans have old and dated software, which is why these cycles seem inevitable, I think a technological and/or genetic intervention might save us but we might not be entirely recognisable by the end of it, and that might not be a bad thing.

[@AwakenedAvocado]

In many ways this time, women have created the hard times. However they were enabled by weak men.

[@jonathansturm4163]

Well worth a read in this context is Barbara Tuchman’s _The March of Folly_ When I began my second period of studying in academe in my 50s we students were discouraged from reading Tuchman and her ilk. “If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.” - Barbara W. Tuchman

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Why were you "discouraged from reading Tuchman and her ilk"?

[@derekspitz9225]

"A crowd of critics, of compilers, of commentators, darkened the face of learning, and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste." (10:28) Powerful and prescient stuff.

[@5rylie]

Cant wait for the next one. Love these videos keep them coming

[@technologic21]

Science gives us a good glimpse. It's the Second Law of Thermodynamics. As one moves forward in time, the net entropy (degree of disorder) of any isolated or closed system will always increase. This applies to both natural systems and human made ones: be it the capitalist economic system or the bubble of technological modernity - we're well on our way.

[@zombiespider138]

I love these guys!!!!! thank you!!!

[@blackdog9622]

All roads lead to our Creator When men deny that we are spirit beings The decline begins

[@PowerofThought_]

What does everyone think a civilization could do to prevent the age of decadence? How does a society keep its values alive when new people are born and freedom allows them to drift? Genuinely interested in thoughts!

[@thedionysian8261]

I think perhaps there is a problem with what Plato called the noble lie. When civilizations found their original values on a lie, like one based in inherent supremecy, or manifest destiny, don't they set themselves up for failure later on?

[@newworldpodcast6509]

They can't last forever.

[@technologic21]

Decadence cannot be stopped or slowed anymore than radioactive decay. It is the thermodynamic 2nd Law; entropy, inherent in every system, both natural and man-made.

[@aasifazimabadi786]

I think the stagnation, decline, and collapse of civilisations are inevitable functions of human nature. Nevertheless, if people do try to maintain the pioneering spirit without losing traditional values, it may be possible to slow the tide. Without getting too preachy, while there is certainly some kind of predestination and fate at work from God, there is freedom of choice as well. Still, it does seem like the age of decadence has already arrived and we are possibly at the point of no return. As I do not want to end on a negative note, we still should do what we can to be virtuous, rational, and yet spiritually-inclined human beings. It's very tempting to toss our hands up in the air and give up, but let us continue with this animating contest for liberty. Peace.

[@newworldpodcast6509]

@@technologic21 Well said

[@christopherkoa9512]

thank you for your dedicated wonderful content! it's safe to say that societal complacency is the downfall to established societies. Those who rest on their laurels and don't seek to better they rest on what has been successful and it falls apart

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

It is tolerance of corruption, willful blindness, that destroys civilizations.

[@trevora.875]

Really appreciate a honest take on this subject without resorting to fear mongering! Love all your videos

[@thegoldenvoid]

Totally brilliant. Thank you.

[@BaronvonMoorland]

“There has been too much violence, too much pain. None here are without sin. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Give me the pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I’ll spare your lives. Just walk away; I will give you safe passage in the wasteland. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.”

[@dragonhoard9371]

Never underestimate the stupidity of people. The last couple of years have been eye opening. So many bought the lie.

[@morpht9222]

Which one?

[@mattstewart222]

@@morpht9222 all of them

[@MrErock7]

@@mattstewart222 can you give a few?

[@KeillaSellay]

@@MrErock7 The plandemic

[@umiluv]

It’s been that way for a while. I noticed that back in the days of 9/11 and how the government rushed the Patriot Act and giving the power to declare war to the President - totally violating the checks and balances of our republic. No one batted an eye…. I was 20 years old. It’s not rocket science. And now here everyone is 20 years later only realizing that ppl are dumb AF. And that maybe the Patriot Act wasn’t such a great idea. No shit… Fear is the mind killer. When you realize they use fear to control ppl. You see through it and you realize that most ppl are not rational even though they espouse the “dogmas” of the Enlightenment.

[@se7roverify]

Great content. Much appreciated.

[@perkyy2709]

I’ve never seen this channel post a bad video. This video is no exception

[@captainreza1]

Another beautifully curated video to save as my favorite! This will age well over the centuries as long as KZbin is still around😂

[@bettylane1984]

You will never hear a politician talk with such truths.....

[@johna6291]

This video is visionary and pertinent. America, and the whole of Western civilization stands thus indicted.

[@EllaSqueaks]

Thank you for your service.

[@cheri238]

This critical analysis of human nature is a vast wealth of insight with major intellectual writers to express their theories in such a short video. Well done. Look at us now in 2022. as the world still turns. Thank you. ♥️

[@frankwren8215]

It is currently collapsing. The trust that central authority has lost in the past two years will never come back. They have gone too far. The relationship of trust is gone. Now there is just decline.

[@jm-gr1ww]

one of the best videos ive watched this year, its heart breaking

[@alw3203]

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

[@johnmacgregor324]

Maybe the best video yet, thanks. Nails the era we are in impeccably. I knew the 4th C BC Greeks were undone by 'post-modernism', but I didn't realise the pattern was so common.

[@satnamo]

Everything in the universe go like this: They eventually return to nothingness.

[@mbrochh82]

Wow, this is one of the most powerful videos you have published in a while. It's like the culmination of many of the previous videos.

[@00MSG]

I absolutely love how you used Thomas Cole's "The course of Empire" in the video!

[@BlondeManNoName]

_“The rise and fall of civilizations in the long, broad course of history can be seen to have been largely a function of the integrity and cogency of their supporting canons of myth; for not authority but aspiration is the motivator, builder, and transformer of civilization."_ _"Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told.”_ _"It would not be too much to say that myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation. Religions, philosophies, arts, the social forms of primitive and historic man, prime discoveries in science and technology, the very dreams that blister sleep, boil up from the basic, magic ring of myth."_ ~ *Joseph Campbell*

[@UniMatrix_1]

You're back when we needed you the most. This channel has done so much for my sanity since I first started watching you at 15 years old.

[@dinoluka11]

What amazes me is that so many people would rather pretend that nothing is wrong, everything is perfect and then point and laugh at those who are trying to warn them of danger. Those who challange their views are heretics and infidels, but under different words. Its saddening that so many would rather pretend the ship isn't sinking and do nothing about it.

[@davidcoalkey6074]

Just finished the essay mentioned, and wow!