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> > Complex societies exist and work.

> They certainly exist. Whether they work is rather the question.

I'd take the computing device and global network you used to post that - both of which require at minimum continent spanning efforts for both R&D and manufacturing - as a decisive answer.

You make many interesting points but I think such hyperbole detracts significantly. Modern society might not represent the optimum but it clearly works extremely well.