All throughout recorded history, empires fall by their own sheer arrogance as emperors were intoxicated with absolute power and succumbed to the whims of self-aggrandizement fed by a community of vested interests. Continue reading Outgoing Hegemon Clinging on Lost Glory
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Technology Turns the Tables on Global Hegemons
Centuries ago, technology like sailing ships, guns, and steel armor enabled Europeans to appear on South American shores and appear godlike to the natives. Through a combination of spreading disease and wielding military, organizational, economic and of course technological superiority, Europeans subjugated the native populations and conquered an entire continent. Continue reading Technology Turns the Tables on Global Hegemons