The Refugee Crisis (Food Poisoning for Thought Reprint)

(*Reprinted from Food Poisoning for Thought as part my ongoing process to unify my web presence.*)

The refugee crises borne from the arab spring seems to me to be an obvious continuation of civilization's inability to sustain the growth rate needed to sustain it. As the Roman empire began to falter once it could more longer new lands, our empire seems to have began to crack and cannibalize itself.

But what would I know?

The experts keep saying that continuous growth in a closed system is only a paradox if we are talking about other things. Human civilization is a special case the experts say.

I might point out the fall of Rome, of Babylon, of Persia, of multiple caliphates and moguls and daimyos. I might point out that empire after empire now lies like bones in our museums.

But what would I know?