That certainly is the truth of the universe. [He folds his arm, but keeps one hand tucked under this chin.] It's easy to destroy a society during the process of rebuilding, usually through politics.

[That is why he spent the first several years out traveling and networking instead of dealing with the situation that led to Starscream being elected leader of Cybertron. The headache of trying to understand the new rules and laws of their home planet would have been too great for the order-obsessed Minimus to stay behind.]

I take it you are from one of said islands that recently went through a conflict?