And when you look at the thousands of years of history in our world, you've had great civilizations rise, Greece, Rome, Egypt, move over to Europe, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France. And then you see great civilizations fall. And Normally those civilizations fall under the weight of their own largesse. right? They, they rise and then they become corrupt and then the government becomes big and then they overtax and then it all ends. (03:59–04:03)
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Asserts that great civilizations typically fall due to becoming corrupt and overextending themselves.
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