Societies vary in their complexity. A complex society can collapse if certain conditions arise.
Causes of societal collapse include:
(1) natural or environmental disaster (earthquake, tsunami, drought, etc)
(2) environmental collapse resulting in insufficient food or resources
(3) plague or epidemic
(4) war
(5) civil corruption and/or lawlessness
(6) powerless central authority
(7) critical fall in population (lack of reproduction, mass egress)
(8) spiritual or psychological bankruptcy
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Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
