Quote Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
Wow Nav, do you have to bring that into every topic.

I think Western Civilisation lacks a serious competor, without such there is not exsternal unifying force, so the society begins to unravel.

The writing is on the Wall. Rome, Athens, The Hittites.
The assumption is that Western Civilisation is a single coherent mass and that that requires competition to survive.

The first part of the assumption screams out no...think about the UN and how the various Western Democracies do not walk in lock step,

The second part is also probably wrong, even within a single democratice entity their is plenty of competion... research grants, free markets, capitalism, sports events, market share, TV audience etc.