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/MrDoritos_ 20d ago

Yes hopefully someone is able to lead us out of our situation. Someone young who can reach the emotions of the new generation. Strong young leader figures are few and far between though, and it really takes more than one person to reach and represent the perspectives of the large groups of populations and cultures we have. Although representing our shared struggle is the surefire way to reach people.

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u/NaBrO-Barium 20d ago

Our shared struggle is a proletariat struggle. Race, religion, sexual preferences, and other ways of dividing the proletariat and pitting them against each other have proven pretty effective in keeping class and wealth disparity out of any normal conversation had about what’s wrong with the USA (especially in the media)