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So given how the economy is going, what are the chances that the only resolution will be some sort of conflict in the next couple decades? Or will there be a gr

• pjc50 5y ago
  What sort of conflict, started by whom, and for what purposes? For intra-US conflict, I guess you're looking at the question of armed militia groups storming a government that maybe this time aren't complete bozos infiltrated by the FBI?
  • jsmcgd 5y ago
    As more and more people are squeezed economically, all existing tensions will be exacerbated. The biggy is when enough people start to struggle to consume enough calories that s** really starts to hit the fan. I would expect every geo-political problem, every cultural problem, every domestic problem to get worse. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen soon. Such is the nature of exponential growth. Everything seems to happen all of a sudden at the end, despite the rate of growth potentially remaining constant. Then some period of radical adjustment, as all exponential growth of any system in the real world is unsustainable and must end.
    • oblio 5y ago
      > The biggy is when enough people start to struggle to consume enough calories that s* really starts to hit the fan. Food is one, but it's somewhat unlikely in developed countries. What is a lot more likely, is housing. Masses of people with no place to live get angry almost as fast as starving people.