Economic Collapse: Breakdown of All Centralized

[jobedied]

@SIGN666 that would be nice but do not think it would play out that way in all cases.

Some areas will get kings with total control and legal powers.

[jobedied]

Are you nutty people will come to your homes and farms armed to the teeth and you will give up your food or die. Independent roving bands of thugs will terrorize all areas of country local communities will never organize and react until some major crimes and destruction have taken place . The military will be mostly in cities at the start then work their way out to control farm regions and food supply.Wall street will be given emergency war act powers and all personal gold silver confiscated.

[darbone]

@jobedied I just hate it when your right. The govt. will take this lemon and make lemonade, for themselves, not you and your ilk. For us, toil and servitude. See you in the mines.

[Vambo1958]

@jobedied you think people in rural areas will just sit around waiting for "thugs" to come take their stuff?? hahaha!! You are a fool! I live in a somewhat rural area and let me tell you that everyone is ready for whatever happens! Most "rural" people hunt and most "thugs" hold their little pistols sideways.Let these idiots walk up looking to take stuff!

[sweettina2]

Excellent job, sharing this.

[yonny1954]

Well I see massive loss of human life if the problem grow to a Katrina like level. People living rurally will face an onslaught of refugees with nearly nothing but themselves and their clothing and hunger for everything. If it happens God help us because with only 3 days food and water dependent on the grid the calimity will be epic maybe a species killer. Internet? LOL! Think 1900 with a bigger encyclopedia . I so hope I am wrong but ............

[FutureBrainstorm]

@yonny1954 Not 'internet'. Local WiFi communication among those few fortunate to have developed their own off-grid independent communities, primarily for file-sharing (farming instructionals, etc), and group collaboration.  Expect unimaginably hard times, but not a species killer.

[phillipgaley]

@yonny1954 Sure, and all this has been thought of, and just to contain the cities' refugees, under the nat'l defense acts, for military patrols, the cities are being ringed with freeways having cyclone and concrete fences; don't worry, very few city dwellers will get out, . . .

[benzomelon]

Why were the 1920, 30,40,50,60 a better time in america? They were better because 97% of America was white. The problems all started as the minorities grew in size. From the beginning of man the different races have never related well together. Look at the animal kingdom, you don't see wolfs and horses living together and we are just another animal This has been brewing for the last 100 years in America and the chickens have come home to roost....think about it.

[FutureBrainstorm]

@benzomelon Comparing different colored humans living among one another to wolves and horses doesn't work very well. All humans are members of the same biological family and genus, while wolves and horses only share the trait of being mammals. Two humans can breed and produce offspring while wolves and horses cannot. A better comparison would be that of a Golden Retriever and Black Labrador living together. A problem only arises when they're placed together and taught to hate one another.

[jobedied]

@FutureBrainstorm right on

[darbone]

@benzomelon Why do people get distracted by race? wolves and horses don't live together, but white wolves and black wolves do live in packs, and horses of many colors roam together. I'm white and not looking for any kind of BS race war, there will be enough problems out there to deal with. This will be a poor against rich sort of collapse.

[clarkewi]

Marx had a correspondence with Abraham Lincoln as a journalist. Most also don't realize that Marx studied the American "Utopian" movement that took place shortly after the American Revolution - "Shakers", "Perfectionists" and many other "American Socialists". These AMERICAN innovations stoked Marx's belief that small, decentralized self sufficient communities (ie communes) were the way of the future not the urban metropolis.

[clarkewi]

communism will result....spontaneously. Marx said, "The state would wither away". We will see it collapse. But the result will be the same - communism. That is, smaller "commune" like communities. Self sufficient rather than centralized.

[jymevans1071]

Good firt vid!.. Of course you know I agree with you ..lol... and you know why, We will wait and see how the plan unfolds. ;)

[drewbloom34]

I believe neighborhoods will come together, but as the utilities are shut down, this will make it difficult for a common wifi arena to be shared. I agree with most of what you said, however, I don't think there will be a recovery once it's happened.

[FutureBrainstorm]

@drewbloom34 Well it goes without saying... no utilities would make WiFi impossible. Electricity generated at the residential or community-level will happen... Don't expect humans accustomed to the benefits of electricity to sit down and do nothing to reestablish it once they realize the old methods aren't affordable and no longer viable. Neighborhoods will learn to *think* their way forward. Once a successful community model is reached, its ideas will spread. But, it could be years.

[Ranger4564]

Some of us will be in much better shape than others because those who set up solar panels, geothermal, energy sources, use local wells for water, grow their own food, etc will be not impacted as significantly as those who are unable to do those things. That might lead to either violence, looting or these people could be the source of community aggregation for communal baths, information, recharging sources, etc. Depends on if people stick to the failed profit model or decide to share.

[FutureBrainstorm]

@Ranger4564 Wind is of particular interest to me as it seems to have the highest return on expended calories. Wind generators are actually fairly simple to build, and cost effective. Materials for building a kilowatt generator can cost under $300 with some skillful sourcing. The biggest obstacle (for me) is having a location where high-rise wind generators are permissible... Maybe me and a group of like-minded individuals will eventually relocate.

[argentummolonlabe]

I agree, we will come together and help each other but it will be a rough road.