Why Does Freedom Not Last?

Why do free societies not endure? Dalgetty in the Psychotechnic History gives one answer here whereas van Rijn in the Technic History gives another answer here. Is it that most people are not intelligent, alert and tough enough to defend freedom or that most do not even want to defend it? What are the essential narratives of these two future history series? Do they present a common, fundamentally cyclical, interpretation of history or alternative views that could be debated? Which is the better series? (I think that the answer to that is obvious but someone might argue the other way. In fact, knowing people, someone will argue the other way.) I have argued here that the Psychotechnic History presents a number of interesting ideas some of which could be reconsidered and developed into an alternative series. By contrast, I cannot think of any way to improve the Technic History except to make it even longer.

Blogging tip: late at night, write a post that is mainly questions. They are easier than answers.