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[–] TropicalDingdong 72 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Be the collapse in society you wish to see.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm part of society and just collapsed from a panic attack.

I''m doing my part!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Cut to a billionaire pushing orphans into the orphan crusher.

I'm doing my part.

Cut to individual in black block throwing a Molotov cocktail.

I'm doing my part.

Would you like to know more?

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's Žižek's dream. "You gotta go out and revolt, but one day, I hope we'll find the big magic button and the whole system comes crashing down at once" or something like that.

[–] sheogorath 1 points 1 month ago

That big magic button is the red button that launches nukes.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Society isn't collapsing because everyone keeps driving to work in a crying mess every day.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

exactly. we are always one general strike away from big transformation.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My nephew is voting for Trump because "I can't afford a house so I'm hoping he'll crash the economy."

[–] TexasDrunk 8 points 1 month ago

Ah, the President Cheney strategy.

[–] TheBat 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does he understand if that happens then along with housing market, the job market will also collapse? Unless he has few millions stashed away, he isn't going to buy a house in Trump's second term.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

He's not very smart.

[–] JusticeForPorygon 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So like is it a family thing or is he just an oddball

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

He's on the spectrum and is a bit of an incel. I think he's fallen into the Joe Rogan and 4chan rabbit homes. So while the rest of the family is very blue, he's definitely the oddball.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

If you want to live in a post-societal-collapse there's no one stopping you from squatting in the ruins of an abandoned town or village. There are thousands of ghost towns all over the world.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Give it another 10 days

[–] M137 11 points 1 month ago

Hah, I haven't been able to work or function as a person for 15 years. I still feel this way every day, just the basic things needed to survive are bad enough.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We're already there, half the country is brain dead and operating on instinct

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah but I still have to go to work.