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The proximate cause of the dieoff was a civil war, but what what the systemic cause? Overcrowding?

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 9th, 2007 at 04:07:49 PM EST
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Well, I don't know if I agree with the notion of systemic causality. There is a multitude of factors. Overcrowding is one background cause, but you also have others, like the distribution of political power and economic wealth, and the development thereof. Communication technology like radio also played an important role in the dissemination of hate-filled propaganda.

I think the most interesting causes to be researched are in individual and mass psychology. What causes the majority of a society to become sociopathic? Does it learn or can it happen again?

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sat Jun 9th, 2007 at 04:37:15 PM EST
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