In this monthly episode of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO concludes a conversation with Nicole Foss that began on the C-Realm Radio episode for 31 July 2016. Nicole explains how societies that grow beyond their appropriate scale develop a power elite who are insulated from feedback from below and so they are unable to self-correct and can persist in folly. KMO concludes with a rant about letting the presidential election assume too high a position in one's hierarchy of concerns. Music by Khali Haat.