Posted by R.C. Christian on
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fschmidt wrote

The success of societies today varies greatly even though they all have access to the same science and technology.  

I agree. It's because it depends on genetics, a general genetic signature that people of the same kind carry (there were times when it was not forbidden to call them different human species).

fschmidt wrote

In the long term, the success of a society depends on its ability to enforce good morals.

It always takes a lot of energy and resources and never really works. Large populations are doomed by default. The question is not whether but when and how quickly will they collapse.