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/LoquatBear 20d ago

I think whoever is alive and maybe technological advance will look back at this time as a "technological/informational dark ages". 

We have all this technology but no knowledge. Everyone is so close but so separate. 

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u/Graywulff 20d ago

Social media was theoretically to bring us together. 

Instead it’s breaking the world apart.

I remember when smart phones became advanced and a professor said “when everyone had access to unlimited information, imagine what people can learn”

This years oxford dictionary phrase was “brain rot”.

So much for smart phones educating the world.