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The analogy to Rome is inapt. We're highly dependent on external capital, technologies, materials, and resources -- not to mention goodwill enabling trade and
by w10-1 2y ago
The analogy to Rome is inapt.
We're highly dependent on external capital, technologies, materials, and resources -- not to mention goodwill enabling trade and avoiding social chaos. All of these can and do change in a matter of months, and the speed of the collapse can be amplified by smart individuals making self-interested decisions, and even more by bad actors working in concert for strategic reasons.
- bilvar 2y agoThis. Dependence on technology and outsourcing of basic survival needs (like food, medicine etc), has fragilized our civilization to the point that collapse would have an exponential rate.