Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5934324-20130325011804/@comment-5106672-20130503150748

I'm going to go awfully off topic, but please everybody excuse me. It's a historic fact that the "invade and get more" attitude has led to periods of extreme brightness of societies, followed by a very bitter downfall when a more hungry (but not necessarily advanced) society took over: the Egyptians, the Greek, the Macedonians, the Romans, then the Arabs, the Spanish, colonial Europe... they all have been great and magnificent for some centuries, then declined and withdrew. History will eventually prove USA are next in the line.

So I agree with Utter Solitude and JesseJane: the premise that any future society must necessarily follow this pattern is neither the only one, nor the more likely to happen. Because unless mankind changes its way and tries to find a substainable way to develop, when the next advanced, resource-hungry society takes over we'll be mercilessly wiped out the planet, given the kind of weapons we have now. :)