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Jiang states Turchin's core reversal as: societies collapse not because there are too many poor people, but because there are too many rich people and civil war among elites.
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TOO Many Rich People
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"Okay? So, the way we, we usually understand, why societies collapse, is, we get it from Karl Marx. And, basically, what Karl Marx says..."
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"...many poor people, the problem, the problem is, there are too many, rich people. That's the real problem. And, that's why, societies collapse. All..."
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"...get into a situation where there are too rich people, too many rich people and not enough powerful positions. And this is what's called..."
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"...Greece. Okay? All right. The problem is, that you have too many, rich people, who want to charge rent. Right? And that creates pressure,..."
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The Bronze Age Collapse is not treated as a freak disaster.
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