“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

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    6 months ago

    Good question, but we are rearming and integrating our militaries so that the far right who will take power in the chaos can massacre random demographies with relative ease. At least we won’t die of hunger.

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      6 months ago

      At least we won’t die of hunger.

      The powerful among you won’t die of hunger.

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        6 months ago

        I think you misunderstood me. What I was saying is that we will go shoot each other before the hunger deaths set in. As in, we won’t last long enough to die of hunger.

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          Hum, you won’t do that either. The people that will have the food will also have all the guns, and they are not eager to go shooting each other.

          Collapse is not as action-packed as it happens in movies. (Unless it’s about toilet paper shortage in the US, it seems. WTF is up with that?)

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            6 months ago

            What I’m guessing at is less open warfarey, more kristallnachtey.