(pb) >>17950816
>>Blowing up their own monuments to stupidity
>I don't believe they're stupid though. I visualize them more like terminators.
They became blatant with their power. The bigger their criminal empire became, more people joined. The greed went off the charts and they got sloppy. Harder to control a large group vs small. Technology allowed them to put together criminal operations in days vs weeks and months. They thought they were untouchable. They got so cocky they loosened their need for complete secrecy. As in the days of old. That was the undoing.
So at the end of the day. They became stupid. IMHO.