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You've only hit rock bottom when you stop digging
We're not here again yet.
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If you're talking about the USA, then famines would basically have to be involved. We're talking about a near-collapse of the system, where a significant portion of the proletariat is either facing death or has lost people close to them.
And I'm not talking about some minor famine here. I mean something on the scale of Wyoming just ceasing to exist because everyone starved to death.
I wish I was joking but thats kind of my gut feeling...Anything short of systemic collapse wont be enough.
So yeah it still can get much worse and it probably will. Really hope im wrong.
But im sleep deprived so maybe im just completely off.
EDIT Now, of course, if Trump really runs for a third term and declares himself president for life....that could speed things up. I just don't see most Americans waging a people's war until the situation gets completely and utterly fucked up.
I think we are in the last days of Rome but its not burning....yet.
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For as long as the West has existed, there has been suffering within its own borders. The question is not how bad does it have to get — that assumes a uniformity of conditions for all people. But the reality is anything but uniform. It can get infinitely bad for the powerless as long as it’s great for the powerful; history proves this.
There is no universal “bad” rating to be ascertained for unequal nations. It is bad for some, but not all.
The task continues to be agitation and organization around a common class interest
Politically, certainly worse than it is now. More concerning is the environmental situation which imo even if all polluting stopped today, would keep declining at an ever increasing rate for longer than the lifespan of anyone alive today.
It's real fucking bad.
I think once we hit even 1/100th as bad as we've done to other countries for decades, then maybe it might be bad enough for muricans to stand up a little
The price of staple food and basic treats must rise high enough that a household making median income is incapable of affording treats.
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bad enough that western chauvinism is no longer supportable
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It's just cope. No one considers that maybe it's just going to keep getting worse and maybe everyone should just watch to see how low the bar can get instead.
If you want to see how bad it gets where we're going... You don't need eyes!!! 
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