Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[Higgenbotham]

If I recall, some years ago Trevor on this forum said he was surprised more people don't reference the Bronze Age collapse when making comparisons.

I've just started reading the book and I'm a little disappointed that the Bronze Age Collapse hasn't been mentioned. This is probably the worst societal collapse in our history, even worse than the Western Roman Empire. Bad as that one was, it was a single civilization. Over the course of a century, all these civilizations went from thriving to dead, which only Egypt managed to survive (and even they were drastically weakened)

All of them were intertwined, dependent on each other through trade, meaning that anything that happened to one of them affected the others, dragging everyone down. It took centuries for the region to recover.

I agree it will take centuries to recover from the coming collapse. Maybe 2-3 to hit bottom and 7 more to recover.

[aedens]

Cline did a dissertation on it as not caused by a single event but by a "perfect storm" of interconnected failures.
That was a given as a read here also with the usual suspects. Numerous reports from the Dorians add a lot of texture also.
https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items ... _Steel.pdf

Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:48 pm This is about power. They seized it once and intend to keep it when they get it back at all costs.
Everything else is cover up. History shows that when a hostile infection is in the State it acts by supporting international and domestic organized crime against the target, gradually weakening the target until it can be completely looted.

Economic Sabotage.
This isn’t just academic misjudgment.

Job covered it also if you read it clearly to who He actually was.

Classical annihilation from Doctor Bill Warner did not even budge the Lunatics.

Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:48 pm This is about power. They seized it once and intend to keep it when they get it back at all costs.
Everything else is cover up. History shows that when a hostile infection is in the State it acts by supporting international and domestic organized crime against the target, gradually weakening the target until it can be completely looted.

Economic Sabotage.
This isn’t just academic misjudgment.
Learn to code.

Still looking at the Elam code they just resolved. Like it was forwarded had to wait two decades for one Book from the Caves.
The decipherment allows the Elamite language—one of the oldest in human history—to be read in its own indigenous script, offering new insights into the Bronze Age civilization and potentially paving the way to solving the even older, related Proto-Elamite script.

Locally the other script was resolved and yes some did poison the well.
Barry Fell did some work few even know about to what and who also.
Randall Carlson has assembled presentations that cement the events also clearly that
the alleged experts loath. I feel the Elam files are clear enough for the rational.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2L1QyEI9Nw
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. Amos

[tim]

What is Professor Jiang saying about the bronze age collapse and why it is relevant to today?

AI Overview

Professor Jiang (commentator and educator Jiang Xueqin) describes the Late Bronze Age Collapse as a "systems collapse" driven by hyper-globalization, extreme wealth inequality, and a concept known as "elite overproduction".

He argues this history is highly relevant today for several key reasons:

Hyper-Globalization Vulnerability: He compares the deeply interconnected nature of the Late Bronze Age (where empires relied heavily on a singular global trade commodity, tin) to our modern reliance on tech and supply chains, warning that these intricate systems are fragile and prone to sudden, cascading failures.

Elite Overproduction: He utilizes historian Peter Turchin's theory, arguing that modern society is producing too many elites (wealthy, educated, and power-hungry individuals) competing for limited power and resources. This leads to intense social friction, corruption, and a disconnect between the ruling class and the working public.

Financialization & Exploitation: He contends that capital fundamentally alters human behavior, transforming societies from community-focused to utilitarian. While this globalization initially brings massive wealth, it eventually leads to exploitation, wealth disparity, and economic stagnation.

Ultimately, Professor Jiang suggests we are witnessing a similar "unipolar moment" (the collapse of a single dominating empire) and warns that the inherent flaws of modern global capitalism could lead to a similar systemic breakdown within the next decade.

He is also known for his YouTube channel Predictive History, on which he styles himself as "Professor Jiang".

Not a real professor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Xueqin

But interesting nonetheless.

Not a real “professor” is a good thing.

During a fourth turning institutions unravel and collapse. The experts can’t always be trusted due to corruption.

No different then saying Covid came from a wet market in wuhan and to question otherwise and not trust the experts was a conspiracy theory.