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Causality: Without It, Historical Change Doesn’t Happen
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Causality: Without It, Historical Change Doesn’t Happen

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Jim Buie
Mar 11, 2021
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Causality or causal relationships spark historical change. A related idea is the domino theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. It is extremely difficult to accurately predict in advance, but easy to see in retrospect.

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