Having a critical skill set + providing essential goods/services is ideal, but some of us are also starting to get old enough to where the options narrow quite a bit.
Collapsing empires are interesting, since it is just repetition of previous empires collapsing, with a name change. Unfortunately, nobody studies history, unless you’re a history geek/nerd like me.
Having a critical skill set + providing essential goods/services is ideal, but some of us are also starting to get old enough to where the options narrow quite a bit.