Why do civilizations collapse in every era of Earth and what leads up to it?

Question

We’ve never had the technology we have today. Disease and Health or lack of and Wealth or lack of, are the only 2 consistent factors imo that every civilization has had.
Curious what others think.

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There’s a podcast called “Fall of Civilizations” which does episodes about exactly this. They collapse for different reasons, of course. Invasion by a superior military force is one obvious way to end a civilization, but internal troubles also happen.

This episode talks a little about the problems of empire, starting at this time link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUT6LhBBYs&t=870s

But you might just want to watch all of them because they’re pretty good.