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The topic is example number 258726 of the most photogenic controversial clickbait not really having much to do with the reality of anything. "Society doesn't b
by VLM 10y ago
The topic is example number 258726 of the most photogenic controversial clickbait not really having much to do with the reality of anything.
"Society doesn't break down like that."
Unfortunately it does, in the USA. See the aftermath of hurricane Katrina for an example of how well we get along when things are temporarily bad.
Also the geography of the USA frankly sucks. We're rich and its not because our weather is unusually calm. I live on the border of tornado alley (if you stretch the definition a thousand miles) and if you don't have something heavy to sit under in the basement you're a fool. I've had coworkers houses destroyed by tornado. Closest hit to my house is about two miles in the last decade. Another thing that sucks is we get paralyzing blizzards and occasional ice storms knock out power for days, every couple years. You can prepare for it and frankly relax and enjoy a couple days off work, or you can prepare to suffer greatly. So everyone here has a "bunker" and stockpiled food. Its called "living" not prepping.
- maxerickson 10y agoSo compared to the actual storm, how much damage did looting do, and how many people were murdered? You are claiming that they are clear evidence of how terrible we are, so I think it is fair to ask you to show the work. Because another aftermath of Katrina is all the help and aid that poured in over the following days, months and years.
- Arizhel 10y agoKatrina only affected a relatively small area: a small portion of the Gulf coast. So of course help poured in. It's not like the entire US was hit by a Category 5 hurricane! An economic disaster is different: it hits the whole country at once, and then other parts of the world because of trade disruption and other economic ties. There aren't going to be any places left to "pour in" help; they're all going to be suffering.
- anigbrowl 10y agoPost-Katrina most people focused on helping their neighbors rather than engaging in a struggle to the death.
- zeveb 10y agoAnd yet a few people engaging in a struggle to the death sure can inconvenience all the folks trying to help their neighbours.
- selimthegrim 10y agoAs someone who actually lives in New Orleans and knows people who were here during Katrina - I feel compelled to interject at this point that the institutions in New Orleans (the police, the Orleans Parish Levee Board) had been rotting long before Katrina. Using the chaos in the aftermath of Katrina is misguided because Katrina was just simply a very heavy straw on a camel with a mostly broken back.