When a society stops believing its own story, that society has entered terminal decline regardless of how powerful it appears externally, because citizens become cynical about values they once held sacred and sincerity becomes embarrassing.
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“When a society stops believing its own story, that society has entered terminal decline, regardless of how powerful it appears externally.”
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Why Every Civilization Collapses the Same Stupid Way – Spengler's Philosophy of Decline— Philosophy CodedCreated: 7/20/2026, 5:44:40 AM
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