Seems that way to me We're entering an age of imperial decline, as best as I can tell. As we begin to lack funds to support societal infrastructure, one of the first things to go will likely be expensive hedges against "Once in a hundred years events"
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"It should be obvious" = "I won't debate this point, but you have to accept the conclusions that I draw from it".
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So one person sees increasing natural disasters and prepares, and another uses it as an arguing point to prop up a decaying centralized government.
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-rereads Revelations- -blinks-
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I dunno about disasters, but the people responsible for preventing infrastructure failures have not been covering themselves in glory since the 1960s.
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