> On Feb 15, 2026, at 12:07, Charles via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dynasties fell because of peasant rebellions. Whether climate change spurred > the rebellions, I don't know.
The article cites work that says climate change may have resulted in a period of bad harvests that was the proximate cause of the rebellions. A dynasty that lasts hundreds of years probably has figured out how to exploit its peasantry without starving them or forcing them into open revolt. But then it collapses. Again, for many potential reasons. But a sequence of bad harvests changes the balance of power between the exploiter and the exploited, which could lead to a revolt. This all matters today with capitalism-caused global warming, which is already destroying farming in places around the globe and contributing to instability and massive human migration. Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40688): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40688 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117827633/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
