Think about it. The number of hours you need to spend working each week. The number of hours that you cannot spend doing what you like. The time you cannot spend with your loved ones nor with your friends. If you look at todays society.
Nothing is really any different or better than in ancient times.
The society decayed and fell apart. Just like what is happing now. Without a new system, a new society, a new civilization this cycle will repeat again and again.