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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 US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next (ageoftransformation.org)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago

Three mile island isn't comparable to Chernobyl, particularly not in the context of how it impacts a nations stability.

Chernobyl cost around $900 billion, inflation adjusted, and the cost is rising because it's controlled, not resolved.

Adjusted for inflation, three mile island cost around $5 billion.

To put it in scale, it'd be like the US having a disaster that cost around $7.5 trillion to resolve today. It's the type of economic shock that can make nations fail.

Bhopal, while a terrible disaster, cost the US nothing beyond the cost of not extraditing someone.