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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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The profound loneliness of being collapse-aware (medium.com)

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I feel this SO MUCH.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've been around from the old peak oil scene's days back in the 2000's (2005? 2006?) when I was in my early twenties? It doesn't make me lonely, even though becoming aware of it all did cause me to lose most of my friends (they're still trying to party it up, I think, successfully), and almost nobody's really turned up to replace them since then. Loneliness doesn't bother me like it used to, but ignorance and apathy and the toxic positivity that says to wish it all away and get yours while you can is really irritating.

I don't talk about it to anyone anymore offline, because that strikes me as a painfully pointless way to make my lot even worse than it's already been made.