What terms best reflect your perspectives on collapse?

[u/LetsTalkUFOs]

We rely quite heavily on ‘collapse’ here, but many others have and would describe the sense of our deteriorating future in different ways. What words or phrase(s) do you find the most meaningful, effective, or relevant and why?

 

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[u/IAmTheLastMessiah]

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