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In reply to the discussion: How soon do you anticipate the coming collapse of civilization? [View all]Scuba
(53,475 posts)8. January 20, 1981.
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Since the collapse apparently already "coming", I'll say, next thursday, high noon.
tridim
Sep 2014
#1
So long term environmental damage and the dwindling oil supply are no big deal? nt
el_bryanto
Sep 2014
#2
They certainly are. And they'll be a *bigger* deal in a generation or two. n/t
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#41
Hard to pinpoint, it will be a gradual decline IMO. If people keep accepting less and less,
RKP5637
Sep 2014
#3
I have thought about that as well...i think almost every generation sees the end coming...
PoutrageFatigue
Sep 2014
#14
The collapse is here now. Police State, Climate Change, etc. Collapse? You're soaking in it.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#22
People have been predicting the collapse of civilization in the US for 230 years.
cbdo2007
Sep 2014
#25
not so much collapse as to devolve into something unrecognizble compared to what we have now.
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2014
#39
"Civilisation" as such may not collapse, but some societies probably will.
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#40
I say 50-100 years. Either via World War III, environmental devastation, or a combo of the two. n/t
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#42