You wish. You wish we would burn and you wish you were a pimple on our ass instead of a system part, desperate for a cancer like system to make cripples the equal of eagles and feed what should be sprayed off by apache helicopters.

But the original point i believe was that no matter how many times people try to do rome better, kakocracy piles up and takes over.
Even in roman society where schiffs and pelosis had a lot harder time making it to 5. Eventually the population of successful/prospering is overtaken by piling up unfortunates, unsuccessful/down dragging - I suppose the final stage is when 3rd generation fatherless grandson of tramp stamp, has a tramp stamp....

There are plenty of power people who have read "Rise & Fall" and all the social commenters that have shown true and no, they do not think they can stop a train. The blind or indifferent to it are always there too as shark and whale food and just less fortunate in their choice of ancestors. But lots of the power people do know and they are trying to ride and guide the wreck, so that as soon as the impact does finally hit,

crews on the scene can have the thing back up on the tracks as fast as possible. This will not be typical war. No TIME for damage and shi*. There will be people rebuilding while war is still going on. There will be people who's work is how it is after war, before it even gets more started.

The history may repeat, the dynamics inescapably the same, but the foamed runways, nets and inflatable slides can all be different or not even exist

But just like this will be the biggest one ever, the coping, response and recovery are like never before as well and guys using mortars out there on the enemy won't be able to anchor them to the orange painted surveyor's stakes they will have to stumble over, as they clear a zone so foundation and brick workers #36 can started.

We have a lot to do and much more ahead of US no matter how "well" it goes