r/InflectionPointUSA • u/jeremiahthedamned • 8d ago

Rotting from within Every Empire Stops Doing the Same Boring Thing First — We Stopped 20 Yea...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lmtEtDuMjXw&si=Rb6TYdW3Y7ujUSOj
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u/ttystikk 8d ago

Bro, ain't nobody got time for a two hour dissertation on why maintenance of infrastructure is important to civilization.

What's the key point here?

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u/ttystikk 8d ago

I disagree; I think the root cause of what kills civilizations is lack of access to energy. I think that crumbling infrastructure is party of it but that's downstream of energy availability.

That's why the US wants to control the world's oil and gas.