spooky take
occurred maybe the case for pessimism rn is not any particular policy by the administration or woke people taking over everything or gadsden flag mobs or whatever
rather its that the us government seems incapable of responding to new crises and they accumulate
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Replying to @eigenrobot
yeah, I think I saw a similar sentiment first from Jared Diamond in Collapse? That that was the common pattern to all these cases as far as he could tell? (Been a long time since I read it.)
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Replying to @abecedarius
maybe i dont trust the particulars that book for various reasons but it seems likely he hit on this and i think j agree with the thrust
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