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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm no historian, but I see the cycle of [Brave New World -> Prosperity / Dominance -> Decline -> Corruption -> Oppression -> Revolution -> Brave New World] as a fairly common pattern, with timescales from decades to centuries. It might be cognitive bias, but it seems kind of inevitable, really.

Scandinavia seems like a good place to live ATM.