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== Disintegration ==
== Disintegration ==
He argues that the breakdown of civilizations is not caused by loss of control over the environment, over the human environment, or attacks from outside. Rather, it comes from the deterioration of the "Creative Minority," which eventually ceases to be creative and degenerates into merely a "Dominant Minority". He argues that creative minorities deteriorate due to a worship of their "former self," by which they become prideful, and fail to adequately address the next challenge they face.
He argues that the breakdown of civilizations is not caused by loss of control over the environment, over the human environment, or attacks from outside. Rather, it comes from the deterioration of the "Creative Minority," ([[entrepreneur]]s) which eventually ceases to be creative and degenerates into merely a "Dominant Minority" ([[elitism]] or [[oligarch]]s). He argues that creative minorities deteriorate due to a worship of their "former self," by which they become prideful, and fail to adequately address the next challenge they face.
Creative minorities are society's problem solvers, those who address society's challenges, and find solutions. The great mass of society, incapable of finding these solutions themselves, follow by ''mimesis'', or imitation. In doing do so the civilization progresses through its growth stages. Once the civilization's creative minority rests on its laurels, it becomes merely a dominant minority, and the civilization enters its breakdown phase.
Creative minorities are society's problem solvers, those who address society's challenges, and find solutions. The great mass of society, incapable of finding these solutions themselves, follow by ''mimesis'', or imitation. In doing do so the civilization progresses through its growth stages. Once the civilization's creative minority rests on its laurels, it becomes merely a dominant minority, and the civilization enters its breakdown phase.