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Peter Turchin — Why Societies Fall Apart (And Why the US May Be Next)

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Fragility of Complex Societies and the American Situation

This chapter explores the potential for revolutions or collapses in complex societies, using the example of the American situation in the 1850s leading to the Civil War as a case study.

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