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a-god-in-ruins-rises · 11 months ago

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america (and maybe the world?) is in a period of cultural stagnation. it's difficult to deny.

many people take this as evidence of america's inevitable decline.

but i don't think that's the case. cultural stagnation isn't /necessarily/ indicative of decline. on the contrary, it often precedes a cultural renaissance.

the italian renaissance was, after all, preceded by the dark ages.

#i just find the idea of america suddenly collapsing inconceivable right now #america has so much going for it -- more than probably any other country in the world #if america is going to collapse most of the rest of the world is going to collapse long before it #but also i can't imagine a world where the current period of cultural stagnation lasts forever #something has to give eventually #and i think it would be quite poetic if it is again birthed by renewed interest in classical civilization #history has a habit of repeating itself anyway #and i know with new technologies we are going to be able to read and translate so many new ancient texts #like the scrolls from that one library in pompeii #i just think the idea of this high-tech society undergoing a classical revival could be very interesting #especially considering we're entering a post-christian world #just feels like we're primed for another renaissance #and maybe another great awakening and national rebirth along with it

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