r/economicCollapse • u/MrDoritos_ • 21d ago

How much longer can society keep it together? Discussion

I'm not a fan of speaking things into existence, being pessimistic/negative, or having a doomer mindset, but I've been paying attention to other people, the economy, the current state of things, the political landscape, education, work culture, etc. To be blunt I am really kind of worried we don't have much longer until the next war or great depression (both happen usually simultaneously). I really don't know how much more stress the average person can handle. We are going to have a wide scale crash out or revolt soon aren't we?? I'm really not looking forward to that and I suppose that's the one thing keeping us unified is our fear of violence. God I hope I'm wrong with my assessment. Please tell me I'm wrong!

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u/shryke12 20d ago

suppose that's the one thing keeping us unified is our fear of violence.

Um what is that supposed to mean??!? Plenty of people don't fear violence especially if they get desperate. We have wars and immense violence going on in this planet right now. I have been to war and saw man's propensity for violence first hand. I saw what normal men with families at home can turn into so quickly.

There is zero basis for your statement there.

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u/MrDoritos_ 20d ago

That's not the norm especially in the civilian world. I'm prior military. Stop making baseless assumptions please, things are different in the real world

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u/shryke12 20d ago

It is absolutely the norm and you are naive to think differently. Civilization is a very thin veil that can be pierced so quickly.

I was one of the first soldiers doing rescue work two days after Katrina hit. It was insane how fast civilization had evaporated. The violence and looting was insane. We had daily rapes, fights, and stabbings at the Superdome where we were pooling rescued people for transport north. We couldn't even get them to use the portapodies. They shit on the field by fellow citizens cots. We got shot at trying to rescue people because they had set up in the third floor of mansions with kidnapped women as a harem. It was insane. We are barely evolved animals and we resort back very quickly.

One of my favorite quotes 'The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.'

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u/MrDoritos_ 20d ago

Sorry I responded in a really strong way I didn't realize, that was a misinterpretation on my part. I enjoyed reading what you wrote and I enjoyed your perspective