• Rottcodd@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    Civilizations, just like individuals, have a finite lifespan.

    Just like individuals, the details vary from one to another. All are born at a specific moment and all then grow, but their deaths, like individual deaths, come in a myriad of ways.

    The US is relatively young, but it’s almost certainly not going to get a chance to peacefully grow into old age, because it’s effectively riddled with cancer, which is growing and spreading almost entirely unchecked.