France and Greece elections - Austerity fails?

[Jester]

Traditional societies lead to wealth which leads to leisure which leads to people with too much time on their hands which leads to liberalism which leads to collapse and the cycle starts anew. Just like Rome.

This claim does not appear to hold up to the empirical evidence. Look at today's wealthy and poor countries. The wealthiest are also the most liberal. The poorest are more "traditional" than the rich, and have been for a long time. No rich society has collapsed in ages.

Do I have this wrong somehow?

-Jester