Listening to audiobooks focusing on Chinese history recently.
The adage that "history often repeats itself" is unmistakable.
In over 2000 years of ancient Chinese history, dynasty after dynasty emerged, expanded and then collapsed in cycle. Even after the collapse of Imperial Qing Dynasty in 1911, they were never ending in fighting among the various factions among the Nationalistic / Communist factions. Eventually, the communist party took control of the country from 1945 till now.
Without fail, the ultimate reason for the downfall of every dynasty was the disconnect between those in power and the general public. Corruptions in the higher up, coupled with extreme poverty among the lay people, inevitably led to disenchantment of the public. This eventual boiled over to revolt against the authorities.
And of course, same cycles of rise/fall of empire also occurred in Western countries. And the catalyst for the uprising of commoners and downfall of the empire was similar regardless of cultures.
The Golden Era of a dynastic was very much dependent on the presence of a capable leader with vision, who knew how to dedicate tasks to capable subordinates, to keep the economy going and the public contented (simply put without suffering from extreme poverty and hunger). Similar principle holds true to date.
How to re-invent ourselve in the midst of keen competition from various quarters, to keep the economy going and yet not overwhelm the working public (to the point of despair/distress) is a million dollar question!
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| Paddle on... |
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| Twist and turn... |
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| Idle for too long! |
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