> I'll leave this as homework, find societies than have ended worse than they were without any external cause, you can group by democratic, aristocratic and dictatorial societies, examples are not scarce.
I don't know, the Romans were pretty democratic so I've been told and they collapsed due to internal reasons. Lots of empires that weren't so democratic lasted much longer. Is that your point?
> Because we don't know how to solve these issues. I'm not sure what you'd like an example of.
I'd love an actual example, matter of factly.
> Agreed, my point this whole time is that what you call the solution other people call the cause.
Has there ever been a government that is completely atheistic and yet is doing well, thriving in fact? Hmmm...you may not like that answer to that me thinks.