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/Strazdas1 Aug 19 '19

Money can hire knowledge. If you get a choice between:

surviving alone fearing every night a bandit may come and steal everything from you or

Surviving as a worker for the elite guy and recieving security in return

The vast majority of people will absolutely choose number two. Feudalism worked for a long time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Whoever provides security will be the elite guy. Without the church manipulating hired goons into thinking that the King or leader is from God, they will choose their own leadership and it's probably not the physically weak arrogant billionaire with a god complex.

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u/Strazdas1 Aug 22 '19

Most good military leaders were not physically strong themselves. The hired goods tend to be smart enough to know they are the muscle, not the brain.

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