Isn't this another variant of the trends/emergent phenomena that Peter Turchin's "Cliodynamics" also illustrates?<p><a href="https://www.noemamag.com/welcome-to-the-turbulent-twenties/" rel="nofollow">https://www.noemamag.com/welcome-to-the-turbulent-twenties/</a>
See also the discussion of that meme at <a href="https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-part-i-war-at-the-dawn-of-civilization/" rel="nofollow">https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-...</a>