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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 71 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Be the collapse in society you wish to see.

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

I''m doing my part!

[–] peto@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months 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@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months 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@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 27 points 9 months 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."

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months 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.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

He's not very smart.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Ah, the President Cheney strategy.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months 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.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 9 months 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.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago

Give it another 10 days

[–] M137@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months 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.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah but I still have to go to work.