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I've often wondered how society can work against the good of the people it is made up of? Wouldn't the people change the society? I guess it's like someone jumping to their death when none of the cells in their body particularly want to die. We're carried along like lemmings on a calving glacier.
– Scott Rowe
Commented Feb 18 at 23:45
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Re: “wondered how society can work against the good of the people it is made up of” It happens at a smaller scale even: "In every Church, in every institution, there is something which sooner or later works against the very purpose for which it came into existence.” --C.S. Lewis, Letters To Malcolm, 1963 AND also at a civilization level, with generally predictable stages which maybe you are referring to: Khaldun(1377), others, Dalio(2021), Urban(2023). I have a spreadsheet comparing these, if interested.
– Mark_NoBadCake
Commented Feb 19 at 1:35

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