Societies undergo roughly 100-year cycles alternating between integrative phases (characterized by internal peace, order, and rising general population well-being) and disintegrative phases (characterized by political fragmentation, civil conflict, and often violent upheaval).

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Peter Turchin

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there is an alternation of integrative and disintegrative phases in societies lasting for roughly a century

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Understanding Societal Collapse with Complexity Scientist Peter TurchinThe Conduit
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