@transgrammaractivist @Kazak @doctorsex @WoodshopHandman CIVILIZATION IS ULTIMATELY AN ADVERSARIAL GAME BETWEEN HUMAN MINDS THAT EBB AND FLOW THROUGH GENERATIONS, BUT WITHIN OVERLAPPING RANGES OF COMPETENCE
SO LONG TERM IT WILL ALWAYS BE IN FLUX
THE MATERIAL OF WHICH SOCIAL ORDERS ARE MADE IS PEOPLE
EVERY STRATEGY WILL HAVE ITS COUNTER IN TIME
LOOK AT HISTORY AND MOST OF THE FAILURES ARE DUE TO SOME FLAVOR OF ELITE DEFECTION
YOU CAN'T SOLVE CIVILIZATION OTHER THAN BY REMOVING THE HUMAN ELEMENT OUT OF IT, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT NOT A HUMAN CIVILIZATION BUT JUST THE EXTERNAL CONDITIONS
RAIN AND TIDES, DROUGHT, ARCTIC TEMPERATURES, LOBOTOMY ROBOTS