I would also call to mind the slow decay of the Western Roman Empire, where many of the elites just thought the death throes to be another crisis that would pass, because they never expected that the empire could even end.
Just because something has stood for a long time, that doesn’t mean it can’t come crumbling down. Whether slowly or quickly, whether quietly or violently, the world will change, and there is no telling whether the structures we took for granted will endure, or whether whatever change may come will be for the better. We can only guess, and my guesses aren’t particularly optimistic.
I would also call to mind the slow decay of the Western Roman Empire, where many of the elites just thought the death throes to be another crisis that would pass, because they never expected that the empire could even end.
Just because something has stood for a long time, that doesn’t mean it can’t come crumbling down. Whether slowly or quickly, whether quietly or violently, the world will change, and there is no telling whether the structures we took for granted will endure, or whether whatever change may come will be for the better. We can only guess, and my guesses aren’t particularly optimistic.