10-02-2016, 07:55 PM
(09-20-2016, 08:32 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Given:
1) Late Antiquity was not in any way unique at the time - there had been previous, repeated falls of earlier Civilizations
2) Clear failure of the "glue" that has held the current post Middle Ages wave of Civilization together
3) Rising mass migrations from less Civilized parts of the world
4) Reactionary forces here in the West using #2 and #3 to bolster their own ultimately self destructive plans
5) The onset of zero / negative economic growth meaning less and less to invest in infrastructure, education and human development
6) Even if we reverse anthropogenic environmental mods and impacts, the Law of Averages dictates that the unbelievably favorable environmental conditions enjoyed since the Little Ice Age cannot and will not last
7) Ongoing evolution of harmful microorganisms, parasites, toxic molds / fungi, etc;
A mega Unraveling is an inevitability. It is not a matter of if, but when.
The only real question would be, would the next mega Unraveling phase with a future Saecular 3T, would it phase with the conclusion of the current or future Saeculum, or is this the sort of thing that is more random in nature, and does not phase at all with the Saecular "carrier frequency?"
DISCUSS!
What century do you have in mind for "late antiquity"? Are you talking about the collapse at the end of the bronze age? Fall of Troy, Sea Peoples, Mycenean and Hittite civilizations wiped out? Or are you talking about some other period?