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by AxelLuktarGott 1207 days ago
All the past cultures that have monuments that still stand built them to last
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Highlighting the distinction between the minority rule and the majority rule. If 1% of people decide to build monuments to last millenia, there will be monuments from thousands of years ago. If 1% of people decide to be carefully conservationists and only consume what the land/ecosystem can support... say goodbye to that ecosystem.
Great analogy and this is the challenge of humanity