Isbn: 9798995613138 - at the gates of glyona: when civilization relies on the citizen once again (3 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Civilizations do not disappear when they lose wealth, power, or territory.They disappear when those who sustain them stop assuming their responsibility.Throughout history, societies have built increasingly sophisticated systems: governments, economies, laws, and technology.They function.They organize.They provide stability.But they are never enough.There always comes a point when they stop sustaining themselves.That point has a name: Glyona.At the Gates of Glyona traces civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome to reveal a recurring pattern: no system can replace individual conduct.Through four pillars-meaning, justice, truth, and power-this book shows how societies are built.and how they begin to deteriorate when these principles are no longer lived in practice.Today, that point is no longer history.It is the present.Politics becomes spectacle.The economy becomes abstract.Truth becomes fragmented.Technology widens the distance between action and consequence.The problem is no longer the system.It is who sustains it.That is why the question changes: Are you willing to uphold what you claim to value when you are not required to This book does not offer comfortable answers.It offers a clear warning: the stability of a civilization does not depend on its institutions, but on the people who choose to sustain them.And that point. always returns to the same place.At the gates of Glyona.…