This book attracted me at the dump shop so had to buy it (for a buck)
The Wizards of Ozymandias: Reflections on the Decline and Fall Paperback – Butler Shaffer
Preface includes this -
In his great poem "Ozymandias" Percy Shelley pictures for us the eponymous tyrant whose arrogance of power could not save him from historical oblivion. Ozymandias is a reminder of the fragile nature of every system—be it biological, institutional, or cosmic in character. As we are learning from the advanced course in history in which we seem now to be enrolled, this precariousness also applies to civilizations. It is difficult for intelligent minds to doubt that this current system is in the process of joining Ozymandias in the dust-bin of history.
The book is actually a series of essays so you can skip bits if it gets a bit heavy but good stuff about how arrogance often leads to oblivion
Finished it now ..will donate to the DCM (Inner City Ministry) book fair ...good cause