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completely, only the culture and the political power was replaced by | completely, only the culture and the political power was replaced by | ||
a new culture. | a new culture. | ||
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| + | The collapse of a civilization is like a '''divorce of the social contract'''. | ||
| + | The [[Social contract|social contract]] says the individual members have | ||
| + | to obey the laws and common rules, if they want to benefit from public | ||
| + | goods in exchange. At the beginning the individual and the society fall | ||
| + | in love with each other, they admire each other. The individual admires | ||
| + | the achievements of the collective, and the collective (represented by | ||
| + | the king od leader) loves each member because every member increases the | ||
| + | power of the whole community. Children "sign" the social contract by accepting | ||
| + | the rules they learn during socialization. At the end, the individual wants to | ||
| + | break the relationship with the society, it wants to break free. If the | ||
| + | majority of members wants a divorce, the society collapses. In this sense, | ||
| + | a civilization is like a relationship between two people, it lives from | ||
| + | mutual support and affection for each other. | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
