I think it's a Self Fulfilling Prophecy. The ultimate result of our expansion as a 'species', and its consequences. It's just global now, and not localised. In the past, every dominant culture that existed and inevitabley declined relied on exactly the same principles and machinations - the problem is, these 'resources' are finite and exhaustive, both literally and imaginatively. That is the cul de sac that we're in. And you can't get worse than that.
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