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This time is different. The global system is not going to fall apart like isolated kingdoms in the past.
by measurablefunc 8mo ago
This time is different. The global system is not going to fall apart like isolated kingdoms in the past.
- dylan604 8mo agoYou seem very confident. This seems to imply you feel the haves will know when to leave enough on the table for the have nots to still feel like they are a part of the haves. I'm not so confident in that.
- measurablefunc 8mo agoPeople in technologically advanced societies have more than enough & the people who are not as advanced can not do anything that will have any effect on the people who own the fighter jets, missiles, robot factories, & "internet" satellites. The current system has no historical precedent. It is very close to an almost perfect panopticon w/ an associated media & police apparatus to keep everyone docile & complacent. Like I said, this time is different.
- atmavatar 8mo agoFar more likely is that we head back to a feudal era where data mining tech is used to identify and eliminate potential rabble-rousers. Once enough production is automated, all remaining have-nots are exterminated.
- neuralRiot 8mo agoThe weak link is that for “the haves” to have, the “have -nots” are needed. To have or to not is just a comparison, a millionaire needs the poor to be rich and to feel special otherwise when everyone is special nobody is.
- neuralRiot 8mo ago“ Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting – Haruki Murakami”
- trinsic2 8mo agoyep. There is too much infrastructure now. Its going to take a lot for this to end.
- GolfPopper 8mo agoIt will instead eventually fall apart in more thoroughly destructive ways. But not until it does a possibly-unrecoverably (at least in the medium term) amount of damage to civilization, humanity, and life on Earth first.
- measurablefunc 8mo agoI agree but my point was that it will not be like any previous collapse.