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There is a 2007 book by john Michael Greer - "The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age". It was the first in 10 books on the subject of

There is a 2007 book by john Michael Greer - "The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age". It was the first in 10 books on the subject of industrial decline over the course of a few centuries. I wish so badly that he was wrong about these things, but every day it looks a little more like he got an absolute home run on this topic. The only other advice I would give to people is, if there is something you need to buy now and you can - do it! Key word here is 'need'. I have been buying in bulk for years now and switching over to equipment that will last a long time. It doesn't mean you will be 100% fine but you can ride the dips as they come.

Kailhus 4y ago
Do you ‘need’ a house though?
- NovaDudely 4y ago
  I say one does need a house (well a home).
- fennecfoxy 4y ago
  Yes. People need to own their own homes, especially Millennials who are struggling to do this (and Zoomers will, too) because not only has pension age been going up while Millennials have been growing up, but the amount hasn't really changed for the better either (pension age should go down and amount goes up and a sign of economic progress). Which means that pensioners NEED to own their own homes instead of paying rent because the entire system is still designed around that fact. I'm sure it's possible to be renting as a pensioner but it's not ideal at all. People should own their own homes. People should be restricted to owning only a single home. Homes should be easily transferrable and prices should be heavily restricted/controlled. But that'll never happen, it's too late for that as a lot of false value has already been extracted from them so people who own homes with overblown prices have paid that amount. It's the ones that paid nothing for their house and now see it worth .5-1mn that need a forced reality check. Otherwise houses are just poker chips for rich people; I live in London and even in the outer areas new apartments are being built with each apartment going for 700k-1mn£...for a fucking apartment.

Kailhus 4y ago

Do you ‘need’ a house though?

NovaDudely 4y ago
I say one does need a house (well a home).
fennecfoxy 4y ago
Yes. People need to own their own homes, especially Millennials who are struggling to do this (and Zoomers will, too) because not only has pension age been going up while Millennials have been growing up, but the amount hasn't really changed for the better either (pension age should go down and amount goes up and a sign of economic progress). Which means that pensioners NEED to own their own homes instead of paying rent because the entire system is still designed around that fact. I'm sure it's possible to be renting as a pensioner but it's not ideal at all. People should own their own homes. People should be restricted to owning only a single home. Homes should be easily transferrable and prices should be heavily restricted/controlled. But that'll never happen, it's too late for that as a lot of false value has already been extracted from them so people who own homes with overblown prices have paid that amount. It's the ones that paid nothing for their house and now see it worth .5-1mn that need a forced reality check. Otherwise houses are just poker chips for rich people; I live in London and even in the outer areas new apartments are being built with each apartment going for 700k-1mn£...for a fucking apartment.