{"product_id":"at-the-gates-of-glyona-when-civilization-relies-on-the-citizen-once-again-paperback","title":"At The Gates Of Glyona: When civilization relies on the citizen once again - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOctavio Pittaluga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivilizations do not disappear when they lose wealth, power, or territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey disappear when those who sustain them stop assuming their responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, societies have built increasingly sophisticated systems: \u003cbr\u003egovernments, economies, laws, and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey function.\u003cbr\u003eThey organize.\u003cbr\u003eThey provide stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they are never enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere always comes a point when they stop sustaining themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat point has a name: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlyona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Gates of Glyona\u003c\/i\u003e traces civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome to reveal a recurring pattern: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eno system can replace individual conduct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough four pillars-meaning, justice, truth, and power-this book shows how societies are built...\u003cbr\u003eand how they begin to deteriorate when these principles are no longer lived in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, that point is no longer history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitics becomes spectacle.\u003cbr\u003eThe economy becomes abstract.\u003cbr\u003eTruth becomes fragmented.\u003cbr\u003eTechnology widens the distance between action and consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem is no longer the system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is who sustains it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why the question changes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you willing to uphold what you claim to value when you are not required to?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not offer comfortable answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers a clear warning: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe stability of a civilization does not depend on its institutions, \u003cbr\u003ebut on the people who choose to sustain them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that point... always returns to the same place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the gates of Glyona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48821752168697,"sku":"9798995613138","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/rY4rFCOkXM9798995613138.webp?v=1786786679","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/at-the-gates-of-glyona-when-civilization-relies-on-the-citizen-once-again-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}