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Tuesday, 11 May 2021
In Days of Yore
In days of yore, whenever huge problems like the spread of disease and weather changes swept over the land and the waters, it was deemed that the Heavens were angry and the rulers have not fulfilled their mandate to the people.
Pestilence, floods, bush fires, prolonged drought and darkened skies, especially if they occurred one after another, were interpretated as sure signs of the displeasure of universal forces and the inability of the human powers that be in managing the best for society. In Australia, we have had it all except for the extent of Covid 19, which has thankfully not been a pandemic in this Antipodean federation of a nation.
When you read the Old Testament, the final days of the Roman Empire, 19th century China, the decline of the Atzecs even before the Europeans arrived and the desertification of the Middle East, natural disasters, corruption, the weakening of moral fibre in society, lack of technological advantage and the delusion of men in power all seem to be common elements contributing to the decline of hitherto well run civilisations, empires or city states.
Think of your own society or country where you live.
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