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BewilderedOwl  ·  1575 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Collapse of civilisation is the most likely outcome"

*The collapse of civilization as we know it.

Civilization would continue, just in a form radically different from the 20th century nation state.





rrrrr  ·  1575 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The fear is that when people are starving and competing for scarce resources, there isn't usually much question of remaining "civilized". The fight for survival could become all, and it could be brutal.

orbat  ·  1575 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hence "as we know it".

Let's face it, the change wouldn't be pretty