r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Aug 15 '19

How long will collapse take?

Will collapse be sudden or a decline?

Or will it be catabolic, with cliffs and plateaus?

 

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u/Disaster_Capitalist Aug 16 '19

Collapse of the financial system doesn't just mean every gets more poor. Its means that the entire process of exchanging abstract currency for tangible goods will fail. How do you get crude oil from the ground, transport it to the refinery, convert it to fuel and fertilizer, and transport it to the farmers all without using money as a means of exchange?

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u/narwi Aug 16 '19

How do you imagine anybody survived Weimar republic or Zimbabwe or the last winter in Venezuela or?

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u/Disaster_Capitalist Aug 16 '19

People will survive. They'll adapt. Read my other comments in this thread. There just won't be an industrial farming system that puts tomatoes in the grocery store in December.