>>19951347I think both are (eternally) relevant.
Technically a system will certainly collapse from the inside too given sufficient time. People will get weak, complacent, degenerate etc. It happens in even the most strict and conservative societies once they prosper.
Thus gatekeeping will not be sufficient, a small minority of enlightened individuals need to always be ready to leave everything behind and continue the process elsewhere.
I've always believed that a fundamental problem of capitalism today is that we ran out of space.
Most empty places left (Antarctica etc) are not ideal to settle, and sea steading isn't practically achievable yet. Let alone space colonization. But capitalism always expands. Thus the cannibalistic re-direction towards the inside (exploitation, propaganda, pointless wars, bullshit jobs, bullshit dialectics and general schizophrenia of modern capitalism).
I'm pretty much convinced at this point that if humans get enough tech to be able to expand in space again we're gonna see unprecedented prosperity (of course it's a serious bottleneck, getting to space isn't nearly as easy as getting to another continent).
No one will worry what the trads or liberals or anyone really wants. Just give them the finger and gtfo, then outcompete them.
