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Furthermore, collapse doesn't happen everywhere the same, nor all at once. It's more like things break down slowly, and never get fixed rather than explosions o
by Ambolia 4y ago
Furthermore, collapse doesn't happen everywhere the same, nor all at once. It's more like things break down slowly, and never get fixed rather than explosions on the street, until one day you are a third world country.
And third world countries still have very nice neighborhoods, and very rich people. But everything around gets much worse.
- MikePlacid 4y ago> collapse doesn't happen everywhere the same, nor all at once. Frankly, I have a “living experience” of a practically instantaneous collapse. January 1, 1992. Prices were “freed”, (hyper)inflation started, people life savings were burned to dust, monthly pensions - at once - begin to cover just about a week of food (and were not paid until 3 months later). Policemen’ salaries became meaningless and the police - in the whole country - started to look for additional ways to feed their families… It all happened pretty fast. So “inflation” is a trigger word for me since. And you can imagine unease I am watching the US government printing shiploads of money with.
- askonomm 4y agoUSSR? Because if yes, the Baltic countries started having an amazing time then (I'm from Estonia).
- MikePlacid 4y agoYep. “Interesting times”.