Other Topics For Your Doomscrolling Pleasure

Topics that are unlikely to be addressed by your average gematria spouting clique leader.  (Outrage porn requires emotional reaction to current bad news, not things like history repeating itself).

Scarcity of tin and the disruption of trade (a) and famine driven invaders (b)

a.  https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/02/02/the-disruption-of-bronze/

b.  https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234904-200-who-were-the-enigmatic-sea-peoples-blamed-for-the-bronze-age-collapse/

Modern equivalent - dependence on fossil fuels and climate change pressures

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What’s up with those old stories about tulip bulbs?

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dutch_tulip_bulb_market_bubble.asp

Modern equivalent - The economic decline of the U.S. and cryptocurrency.

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The Pacte De Famine/French Revolution

https://worldhistoryedu.com/the-pacte-de-famine/

Modern equivalent - The U.S. declaring economic sanctions upon itself after decades of pushing for deregulation.

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Rome decides to give up on religious tolerance - The Cult of Bacchus

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/18/god-bacchus-ancient-rome/

Modern equivalent - Christian Nationalism/MAGA