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No part of the earth is static; continental plates move around even as oceans freely distribute their wealth not caring what shall benefit or be put to straitened circumstances.
Material nature of continents must come to terms with that of oceans: heavier basalt therefore forms the ocean beds while continents made of lighter granite occupy a higher ground. All the earth’s crust floating on some molten mixture of basalt and olivine must illustrate the illusory nature of wealth of nations that keep passing around.
Tailpiece: Cylindrus the tyrant ruled the city-state of Atlantis with an iron fist. He built up an empire having conquered so many islands in the Aegean Sea. He knew the slaves were there for the taking and for making life of
its citizens easier. (Bigger the empire, bigger grows its hunger.) Thus he sent his crack troops to pillage in all directions till his subjects could loll in luxury and think only of their pleasures all day long. They had given Cylindrus a blank cheque to run the empire. Other city-states around the Mediterranean basin saw how unilateral and unjust Cylindrus was. But they could not openly defy him. So they merely suffered in silence.
One morning Atlantis vanished without a trace! Some said it was tsunami and some said it was hubris. No one shall know for certain. With that went Pax Atlantis!
Many empires followed the fate of Atlantis. Not all by natural causes. History so far followed one point consistently: a passage of time to transcribe all those past experiences in a new way. Thus the British Empire had a brief time as Imperial Rome held sway before her.
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