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This is not true. A total collapse can happen many times, and there can be innumerable reaource-driven collapses of societies or even civilizations. What is co
by jvanderbot 3y ago
This is not true. A total collapse can happen many times, and there can be innumerable reaource-driven collapses of societies or even civilizations.
What is conjectures in this thread is that it hasn't happened yet (debatable) but that doesn't mean it can only happen one more time.
- dottjt 3y agoYou're conflating two separate things. Yes, society can collapse multiple times. Yes, there can be innumerable resource-driven collapses. These are given. What I'm referring to is the literal running out of the necessary resources to progress modern society in the same way that we have up until now. This is also a given. Take oil for example, and think of the vast amounts of plastic we rely on, which we currently have no equivalent alternative. Of course, this is only relevant to modern society. This is not to say that humans cannot exist in a pre-modern society. It just won't be pleasant.