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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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Crisis of the 23rd Century. (nemets.substack.com)

submitted 2 years ago by maketotaldestr0i@lemm.ee to c/collapse@lemmy.ml

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https://nemets.substack.com/p/crisis-of-the-23rd-century

Civilization is old - at least 11,700 years old - and has risen and fallen at least six times. Each of those falls was an apocalypse in the biblical sense. Cities were destroyed or abandoned, productive lands were turned into deserts, cultural sophistication regressed to primitive artisanry, barbarian warlords overthrew law, and human populations fell dramatically. ...

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[–] maketotaldestr0i@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://nemets.substack.com/p/seven-ages-of-western-eurasia

this is about six major falls of civilaztion

[–] boywar3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

What a neat read about our bloody past