Historical crises tend to follow similar abstract patterns (imiseration, elite overproduction, state weakness) across very different societies and time periods (medieval to modern, US to China), suggesting universal structural principles underlying societal collapse.
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Peter TurchinEvidence Quote
“It's amazing in fact how closely different societies given of course all the differences u between now and uh you know in middle ages and between let's say China and um uh and US and so on but uh at the more abstract level”
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:18:20 PM
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