[1]https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-30/exposing-core-peeling-back
   -american-political-onion
   Wherein Tainter’s “Collapse of Complex Societies” explains it all.

References

   1. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-30/exposing-core-peeling-back-american-political-onion