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[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It is in many places, just not everywhere. Appalachia, Puerto Rico, lots of small towns, lots of urban neighborhoods. There was some guy saying, he say his country collapse, and it didn't happen all at once. i think something about, one day there'd be a bombing, and the next day you'd go to the disco, and it just happened a little at a time so there was no big dramatic moment.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago (4 children)

that sounds like it was from this:

I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There
Living in Sri Lanka during the end of the civil war, I saw how life goes on, surrounded by death
https://gen.medium.com/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there-ba1e4b54c5fc

[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago

The numbing litany of bad news. The ever rising outrages. People suffering, dying, and protesting all around you, while you think about dinner.

It's only in hindsight that I realize just how well Children Of Men nailed this.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that's definitely it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

That was a pretty good read

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago

As the saying goes: collapse isn't an event, it's a process.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

One of the truest things said in recent history.