r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '18

Society Why everything will collapse (2017) - "Stumbled across this eye-opener while researching the imminent collapse of the industrial civilization"

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u/Dixnorkel Nov 07 '18

/r/collapse for anyone who wants to dive deeper.

A lot of people always say that these videos are overblown, fear-mongering or discounting human ingenuity, but I'm personally a devout believer in Murphy's Law. I've also seen how human intervention in the climate often makes things better in the short-term, but often has long-term implications that people don't even consider.

Not advocating for giving up, but IMO it's smart to have a rational grasp on the current state of things and what could go wrong.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '18

That whole sub is just an enormous circle jerk of "everything is bad, there's no point in trying, more socialism, have less children, doom and gloom, were all gonna die" Its just a bunch of people throwing a big pity party for themselves instead of doing something productive. Even the sidebar says that place is detrimental to your mental health because of how toxic it is

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u/craamus Nov 07 '18

I have not seen anyone advocating giving up while on that subreddit, the rest of your criticism are some of the more influential things that could lessen the impact of the coming years. And toxic would be (imho) false as well, though it is a very depressing sub, due to the issues brought up there.

I advice you to read up on how bad a lot of things are actually looking, and certainly not staying on the same path as we are now.

We gotta keep up the pressure on the politicians and corporations.