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If society collapsed what is your best case scenario for what comes after? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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You can come up with the details on the kind of collapse.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the most likely sort of collapse would be a Roman empire style collapse where it takes centuries to reach completion and we see a period of increased governmental instability/local authoritarianism for a little bit. The most likely cause would be some sort of climate disaster. It probably wouldn't happen everywhere either, the Byzantine empire lasted well into the middle ages, after all, going on the Rome metaphor. The best strategy would be to move somewhere less effected by the collapse with a hospitable enough climate to support local food production, and enough resources to ensure long-term maintenance of infrastructure. The Great Lakes area of the US/Canada fits this pretty well

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ok, but what is your best case scenario of what you think comes after a collapse?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Best case? People cooperate with each other to share labor/resources in a way that eventually gives rise to a more democratic, non-capitalist economy. Basically star trek without the (probably) impossible technology or the aliens.