Social collapse isn't an exciting day in your life, it's a broad trend historians will puzzle over centuries later. Look at the bronze age collapse for an example.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some dude in the year 2345 will be shitposting about how we didn't see it coming because we are dumb.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We did see it coming, but we are dumb

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Dumb and selfish, but thats not solely human traits

[–] SalamiDommie@lemmus.org 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, and things can putter on for hundreds of years before they really "collapse"

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

That sounds like a 'crunch' category risk