BASIC LAW OF RADICALISM: 1. Stagnation and decline generate demand for innovatio

BASIC LAW OF RADICALISM:
1. Stagnation and decline generate demand for innovation.
2. Institutionalization generates demand for radicalization.
3. Path dependence of the three coercive institutions necessary for all polities determines the rate and resistance of stagnation:
Low: Law -> State -> Weak Religion (Europe: Peers)
Medium: Strong State -> Weak Law -> Weak Religion (China:Conquerors)
Medium High: Weak Religion -> State -> Law (Medieval Europe)
High: Strong Religion -> Weak Law -> Weak State (India)
Highest: Strong Religion -> State Failure -> Law Failure.

Ergo: Civilizations evolve at the rate tolerable by their institutions and produce radicalism in proportion to the potential of the stagnation of their institutions.

WORSE: Yeah, well, this turns out to largely be an IQ thing too. Sorry. As always. IQ=adaptation, and absence of it resistance to adaptation.

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