Immutable Law #10
Declining civilizations will always face superior firepower from ascending civilizations because sovereignty is only temporarily uncontested.
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Declining civilizations will always face superior firepower from ascending civilizations because sovereignty is only temporarily uncontested.
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When a civilization accepts the propaganda of its enemy as truth, it has reached the far side of appeasement and capitulation is nigh.
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To hold territory, a state must be populated by those loyal to the central authority. When immigration overwhelms assimilation, the fall is predicted.
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When a free people, through taxation, is deprived of its ability to acquire wealth and property, collapse is presaged.
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If a people cannot avoid continuous internal warfare, they will have a new order imposed from without.
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Appeasement of a ruthless outside power always invites aggression. Treaties made with ruthless despots are always fruitless and dangerous.
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No nation has ever survived once its citizenry ceased to believe its culture worth saving. (Hanson’s Law)
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