#Anthropology shows that societies collapse when leaders undermine social contracts

“Societies with good governance tend to last a bit longer than autocratic govt that keep power concentrated to one person or a small group.

But the flip side is that when a "good" govt collapses, things tend to be harder for the citizens, because they'd come to rely on the infrastructure of that govt in their day-to-day life.”

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-history-societies-collapse-leaders-undermine.html