[scioto]

This is natural progression. The apex predator takes over and over-grazes the land, so to speak, to the point where it no longer supports the apex, so eventually the apex predator dies off, and the other species that are left can flourish.

[moffkalast]

The trick is to brake just early enough to hit the apex of the proverbial civilizational corner and come out accelerating until we straighten ourselves out.