i was just thinking “because authoritarian regimes have such a strong record of not having ~80 years cycles of collapse and regrowth”

They used up all of their resources and then slowly collapsed because of invasions and maintenence issues.

I know a dude named Roman and he’s a pretty shitty emperor. He barely rules one room let alone a house or a county.

Now me, I got a street. It’s like 400 feet long. I got guys on the corner. My empire, I’m gonna sell ice cream dude.