When the Center Does Not Hold: What The History Interregnum Teaches About the Men Who Arrive at the End of Empires
Every civilization that has ever existed has ended. Within that record, a pattern repeats with striking consistency: in the final phase of great institutional orders, a particular kind of actor emerges — not the builders, not the reformers, but opportunists who arrive precisely when the rules no longer hold. Across five civilizations and 2,500 years, the pattern is the same.