This is a great post, thanks for sharing. Very well written and Glubb's ideas remain insightful to this day.
I think the rise and fall of empires can also be viewed in a broader context, too; which is the rise and fall of meaning and decadence within a civilization itself. Under this construct, western civilization has been bleeding meaning and falling toward decadence/nihilism since at least the 10th century, which I delved into here exploring Richard Tarnas's The Passion of the Western Mind: https://neofeudalreview.substack.com/p/the-meaning-crisis-meaning-and-decadence
It’s interesting that even in the midst of decrying feminism, you can’t seem to avoid promoting feminism.
It would be very interesting to see at what age you considered each of the empires that you’re talking about have reached each of these stages. As opposed to an occasional mention.
Assume you have read Oswald Spengler's "Decline of the West." If so, you surely understand that the decline of Western Civilization is, as was historical civilizations, is inevitable. All empires die; ours will die, too. And the causes and trajectories are similar, and the beginning of the decline starts with the introduction of -- money.
How does Western civilisation recover from its age of self absorption and hyperbolic liberalism? It doesn't. Liberal individualism was great for most of its three-century-long trajectory. But it always carried the seeds of its own demise (a tendency to narcissism, social fragmentation, atomisation etc etc) and now its day is done. All civilisations eventually fail; this is how ours does. https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/
This is a great post, thanks for sharing. Very well written and Glubb's ideas remain insightful to this day.
I think the rise and fall of empires can also be viewed in a broader context, too; which is the rise and fall of meaning and decadence within a civilization itself. Under this construct, western civilization has been bleeding meaning and falling toward decadence/nihilism since at least the 10th century, which I delved into here exploring Richard Tarnas's The Passion of the Western Mind: https://neofeudalreview.substack.com/p/the-meaning-crisis-meaning-and-decadence
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Excellent analysis and cri di coeur. History is cyclical and we forget that at our own peril.
It’s interesting that even in the midst of decrying feminism, you can’t seem to avoid promoting feminism.
It would be very interesting to see at what age you considered each of the empires that you’re talking about have reached each of these stages. As opposed to an occasional mention.
Assume you have read Oswald Spengler's "Decline of the West." If so, you surely understand that the decline of Western Civilization is, as was historical civilizations, is inevitable. All empires die; ours will die, too. And the causes and trajectories are similar, and the beginning of the decline starts with the introduction of -- money.
An excellent writing filled with great information. Thank you.
How does Western civilisation recover from its age of self absorption and hyperbolic liberalism? It doesn't. Liberal individualism was great for most of its three-century-long trajectory. But it always carried the seeds of its own demise (a tendency to narcissism, social fragmentation, atomisation etc etc) and now its day is done. All civilisations eventually fail; this is how ours does. https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/
Don't count on it, the majority of the USA shit-eating public is way beyond functionally retarded
SATAN is alive
Just say it PUSSY, the USA is Satanic since 15AD
https://bilbobitch.substack.com/p/why-satan-created-the-usa-and-why