I do not believe the current system can survive that knowledge.
Now the point of contact is very small, yet the system survives.
A democratic system can survive only with an open, vibrant economy in which people are free to make economic choices.
His theory is a statement of what makes political systems adapt and survive.
Only a few physical systems could take a bullet and survive.
Even so, he doubted that the system would survive into the next century.
The system in Hanoi survived until the first months of 1990.
However, as there was no agreement on an alternative, the system survived.
But how and why did Ptolemy's system survive for so long?