in thread "Empire Without Frontier Is Dysgenic": Peter Turchin develops Ibn Khaldoun's concept of asabiya (roughly social cohesion--the feeling of solidarity and capacity for collective action) which in agrarian states he claims is cultivated on meta ethnic frontiers, that is border regions of establishe... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 15 15 Peter Turchin develo (view hidden) retry 15 15 I have skimmed it but will give it a more thorough read. While I appreciate Spengler (I understand Yockey has a spenglerian approach) I don't know how illuminating he is for our time. There is a failure to explain what makes cultures/civilizations tick (wh... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6 I have skimmed it bu (view hidden) retry 6 6