Why Civilizations Collapse — The Hidden Logic of Imperial Decay | Professor Jiang

Every empire digs its own grave — in the shape of a throne.

From Mesopotamia to Rome, from China’s dynasties to modern America, the story repeats — expansion, overreach, collapse. But beneath the surface chaos lies a deeper law: the structure of civilization itself guarantees its decay.

Professor Jiang explores how bureaucracies fossilize, elites detach from reality, and spiritual vitality turns into ritual emptiness. The same intelligence that builds an empire eventually suffocates it.

Collapse, then, is not a failure — it’s renewal.
Every breakdown resets the system, allowing new cultures, myths, and powers to emerge from the ashes.

This episode reveals why civilizations die the moment they stop evolving, and why history’s greatest pattern is destruction in service of rebirth.

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