I wouldn’t say collapsed as much as the swing is obscuring the backswing. When you see an object in motion towards you it seems inevitable that it will eventually reach you, even if its apex falls well short of that distance the timeframe of the swing determines your perception of it.
I think that is a little short sighted. It may be more difficult to undo a mistake, especially given the context of government. But actions like roe show a swing, it simply takes almost a lifetime to achieve it. The trans debate is another where one might originally see a ratchet effect but it’s becoming more and more apparent it’s death throes. The was an interesting piece I posted earlier on the longhouse effect and how matriarchal submission becomes a generational game of telephone and everything becomes self referential instead of based on a static or grounding belief. This causes a system gone haywire because the only static factor is the act of submission itself. That cognitive dissonance where you must submit to be accepted but also can see clearly there’s something abjectly wrong with the thing you’re submitting to. That divergence in reality will eventually cause a collapse, one which we use the strong/good, good/weak, weak/bad, bad/strong metaphor for. So you could almost use the rachet concept if the “click” is a complete reset of the argument, but that also seems more pendulous where you have to reset the swing eventually.
The issue with this is who controls the categorization. If something can be taken away by the government it will be eventually abused against you. Just as even starship troopers pointed out, when the military expanded significantly, the risk to earn citizenship decreased significantly so many more people signed up without having to “earn it”. When the government expands enough they will demand to be a part of everything while allowing you to nothing.
Poland took Lithuanian territory? You might want to tell that to the polish people living there. It was literally a border dispute form two newly independent countries after being released by who again? Funny how that works.
Pop plans claimed a small portion of land after gaining independence, they’re just as bad as the people who conquered them for over 500 years….
The 30 year war was quite literally a civil war. It is defined as such the outside participants were allied to either the Hapsburgs or the Protestants
It’s not even an abortion meme. This is like saying a period is an abortion. It’s so preposterously ridiculous that the only conclusion I can draw is either they’re truly that stupid or a prolifer made the meme to mock them and they’re truly that stupid.
So you’re full of shit. Why was the commonwealth formed? Was it the Livonian war? What was that one about? Also the 30 year war was quite literally GERMANY having a civil war. What did you think the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was?
I figured you’d be in the 16% lol