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RedEmmaSpeaks wrote

I scanned through this thread, trying to figure out the general gist of it all. Initially, when I read the thread title I thought, "Oh, this is going to be a discussion of the Post-Revolution world, what happens following the collapse." Judging by the rest of the replies, I was mistaken, though I might just discuss that anyway.

Because honestly, the state of the world is gloomy enough as is. We all know that all this is going to collapse. If you constantly devour nonrenewable resources, eventually you are going to run out of resources; it's a basic fact of life. The plain and simple truth is that this Industrial, One-Size-Fits-All Civilization was only able to keep going as long as it has because until recently, there were always new lands to expand to with new resources to consume. Europe is all used up? Go to the Americas and get more resources.

The trouble is that this Civilization has effectively taken over the planet; there are no more new lands to expand to. Right now, Capitalism is trying to keep the game going by consuming other Capitalist nations, but there's an obvious flaw to that strategy.

In any case, people will elect Fascist leaders because there's something attractive-sounding that there could be a simple, easy solution to a massive worldwide problem. But Fascists are strutting bullies who suck at running countries; bluster and nationalism can only get you so far. As a result, things will deteriorate further, leading to more unrest, and more crackdowns, until finally Industrial Civilization reaches its limits and the whole thing comes crashing down, and survivors have to pick up the pieces.

I had planned to post my theories about what a post-revolution, post-collapse world would be like, but this post is hella long as is. I know I tend to be a long-winded poster, but I feel I should try to ease up on it. I firmly believe, barring a world-ending event like, say, nuclear war, that humans will rebuild, because that's what we've always done. Ice Age hits? We suffer and struggle, but we pay attention, study, and learn, and manage to survive. In my vision, we do more than more than our current day-to-day survival: we fucking thrive.

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