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re: How close do you feel we are to a full societal collapse as a nation?
Posted on 7/14/24 at 8:07 pm to dnm3305
Posted on 7/14/24 at 8:07 pm to dnm3305
I think, seeing from the majority of reactions from normal people, that we've solidified the point at where we draw the line. We've gone too far and it's time to dial it down.
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Posted on 7/15/24 at 12:26 am to dnm3305
About 2 inches
Posted on 7/15/24 at 12:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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People stop being emotional idiots, for starters.
This has to be number one. I don't understand how people can be this emotional all the time about every thing, let alone post about those things on social media all the fricking time.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 4:59 am to WWII Collector
Evidently you’ve never heard of the Desire Street projects in New Orleans
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:19 am to dnm3305
In the 60's the JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X and Medgar Evers assassinations, Civil Rights violence, widespread Vietnam War protests, early 70's the Kent State government sanctioned murders of college students, and Nixon's Watergate driven resignation.
We ain't there yet.
We ain't there yet.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:24 am to dnm3305
In reality, not close at all. In your head, it’s imminent. So, that is how you will experience life. Go outside. Put your phone down. Get off message board echo chambers. Go do something you used to enjoy and haven’t done in a long time. Rhetoric has made things seem far worse than reality. It’s had a snowball effect. It’s going to be ok.
Edit: things are not good. They are quite bad, but they are far from where you think they are.
Edit: things are not good. They are quite bad, but they are far from where you think they are.
This post was edited on 7/15/24 at 6:26 am
Posted on 7/15/24 at 8:10 am to OMLandshark
People mock you because you’re a chode.
Now that you say you have food, water, ammo…that just makes you a slightly prepared chode.
Now that you say you have food, water, ammo…that just makes you a slightly prepared chode.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 8:54 am to dnm3305
Not even close
Posted on 7/15/24 at 9:19 am to dnm3305
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seems we have never been more vulnerable than we are currently as a nation.
Multiple world wars, actual civil war, Vietnam and more… I think the biggest is we have never been more eager to be on that type of stage which is weird.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 9:20 am to fallguy_1978
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Currency collapse will probably be the trigger
When you saw how people behaved over toilet paper during COVID, imagine if a transportation breakdown or some other issue interrupted the food supply. I see it as only a matter of time until anarchy is finally completely out of the bottle.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 9:30 am to dnm3305
teetering
Posted on 7/15/24 at 9:31 am to dnm3305
Day 2 of power grid failure
Posted on 7/15/24 at 9:57 am to Clark14
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respectfully disagree with this. Though it is a problem, Americans commit more crimes and violent acts by a long shot.
Free benefits & now illegal voting is a bigger problem.
Our system cannot maintain this
Posted on 7/15/24 at 10:08 am to dnm3305
It doesn’t. People are too fat, dumb, lazy.
They have their comfort foods delivered right to their doorstep while 10 distracting forms of passive entertainment is fed to their senses.
They may complain, but they will take no action.
Nothing changes unless an EMP is dropped or something happens to the food or water supply. Not happening so you can stop the worrying and move on.
They have their comfort foods delivered right to their doorstep while 10 distracting forms of passive entertainment is fed to their senses.
They may complain, but they will take no action.
Nothing changes unless an EMP is dropped or something happens to the food or water supply. Not happening so you can stop the worrying and move on.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 1:25 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Honestly, the clock started ticking on this country's demise the minute women's suffrage was passed.
I say the error was made when they wrote the constitution, and they added the Commerce Clause. They should have mandated a 2/3 vote in both chambers for any law justified by the Commerce Clause.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:09 pm to dnm3305
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It seems we have never been more vulnerable than we are currently as a nation.
You really should have paid more attention in your history classes.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:43 pm to dnm3305
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This isn’t political. I want to have a real conversation (and I know I’ve come to the right place). I want to gauge how in tune people are with what is going on right now.
Before I answer, why don't you describe what a full societal breakdown looks like?
Banks dysfunctional, no government services, riots in the streets/ indiscriminate killings with no repercussions? What are we talking about here?
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:44 pm to dnm3305
Not remotely. What we are experiencing is a large population with more free time than any group of people have ever had coupled with the same amount of reasoning ability that our species has always had. All of that free time is spent worrying about shite we can't control which has always existed instead of being thankful for the amount of free time we have.
I was at the pool this weekend and several of my neighbors were complaining about property taxes. They are higher than a giraffes arse. I could not help but ask why they all bought the huge houses that live in....no one really had a good reason other than they could afford it. 4500 square foot homes with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms for 2 adults and 2 kids. We did the same thing but we knew what were in for....as did all of the others, the prior knowledge doesn't prevent their being truly bent out of shape over it. Thats the problem. They did it to themselves, no one had a hand in it other than their desire to own that overpriced and outlandishly oversized pile of bricks.
Our son is 25 and making about $60k a year. Dude is happier than a pig in slop. He is driven, interested in the world around him and involved in shite outside of himself. He, like most of us, will eventually get to the point where he isn't thrashing like a mad man to make his nut and will suddenly get very concerned about bad shite and ignore the plethora of good shite all around us. Life is better today than it was a year ago, 10 years ago, 50 years ago....all it takes is some perspective.
My wife and I send about $45K to the IRS annually. Neither of us likes it BUT I would much prefer that bill to having no tax liability at all. We did it to ourselves with malice and forethought. We could make do with FAR less income...many people do so....and live MUCH simpler lives and be as happy as we are now....all it takes is appreciating what you have, controlling what you can, keeping things in perspective and making the most out of the 80 or so years you get. Damn a bunch of worrying and complaining. We are only here for a short while, we only have one go at it, when we are gone only a handful of people will know we were ever here...dam if Im going to spend much time contemplating bad shite.
I was at the pool this weekend and several of my neighbors were complaining about property taxes. They are higher than a giraffes arse. I could not help but ask why they all bought the huge houses that live in....no one really had a good reason other than they could afford it. 4500 square foot homes with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms for 2 adults and 2 kids. We did the same thing but we knew what were in for....as did all of the others, the prior knowledge doesn't prevent their being truly bent out of shape over it. Thats the problem. They did it to themselves, no one had a hand in it other than their desire to own that overpriced and outlandishly oversized pile of bricks.
Our son is 25 and making about $60k a year. Dude is happier than a pig in slop. He is driven, interested in the world around him and involved in shite outside of himself. He, like most of us, will eventually get to the point where he isn't thrashing like a mad man to make his nut and will suddenly get very concerned about bad shite and ignore the plethora of good shite all around us. Life is better today than it was a year ago, 10 years ago, 50 years ago....all it takes is some perspective.
My wife and I send about $45K to the IRS annually. Neither of us likes it BUT I would much prefer that bill to having no tax liability at all. We did it to ourselves with malice and forethought. We could make do with FAR less income...many people do so....and live MUCH simpler lives and be as happy as we are now....all it takes is appreciating what you have, controlling what you can, keeping things in perspective and making the most out of the 80 or so years you get. Damn a bunch of worrying and complaining. We are only here for a short while, we only have one go at it, when we are gone only a handful of people will know we were ever here...dam if Im going to spend much time contemplating bad shite.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:46 pm to OWLFAN86
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Now we know in an instant what every 22 year old justice social warrior lesbian transgendered Palestinian thinks
As well as what every miserable old 60 year old who can't find happiness to save their lives thinks.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:52 pm to dnm3305
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How close do you feel we are to a full societal collapse as a nation?
Did you happen to watch Escape from New York this weekend?
You sound like you did.
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