ArnoldRimmer on 13 February 2014
| Kasz216 said: Eh. That video is slow, but i'm already somewhat familiar with Spengler. I think basically any theory that gives an exact time limit for something is pretty much garbage. Or at least any theory that gives a time limit for social constructions. It's silly to think any culture or way of life will live on indefinitely but to give it a post marked date and choose specific choices to make your point and group stuff together is somewhat silly in my opinion. |
I agree, but what I've read about Spengler and his main work after watching the video leads me to believe that giving exact dates was rather just a misinterpreation of Spengler's theories by the video creator. For example, neither the german nor the english Wiki page about "the decline of the west" even mentions any of the year numbers actually stated in the video (1000, 1500, 1800, 2000, 2200 A.D.)
So while that criticism seems perfectly valid, I think it focuses too much on a minor detail of the video that is not even really backed by the original theory.
