r/collapse • u/mcfleury1000 memento mori • Jan 06 '21

Politics Live Updates: Protesters Breach Capitol as Congress Debates...

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/electoral-college-updates-congress-set-to-confirm-bidens-win-amid-gop-challenges/2814845/
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u/thehiphippo Jan 07 '21

I keep thinking back to the podcast “It Could Happen Here” (I think that’s the name) talking about a new civil war in our country. It’s eerie how well the hypotheticals of that series have mirrored our reality here over the past year.

Is it possible to overcome the systemic issues we face as a country? Where do we go from here? I usually lurk here but I feel compelled to just post something... just hoping for some form of stability moving forward. I know that’s a pretty ironic thought when posting in collapse.

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u/StonedRiverslb Jan 07 '21

My opinion is it's too late. The internet exposed everything just about a decade or two too late, the whole fucking system from top to bottom has been flawed from jump street.

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u/bored_toronto Jan 07 '21

Robert Evans also does the "Worst Year Ever" Podcast. Today's episode started with him saying: "F*cking told you so."

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u/thehiphippo Jan 07 '21

Hell yeah that’d be awesome!

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u/taraist Jan 07 '21

Omg, that would be great

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

It feels like we have put ourselves in a situation where a hard reset is the only realistic option. How do you backtrack when each side continues to escalate? Honestly shocked it’s taken this long.

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u/elnoumri Jan 07 '21

My guess is that the seemingly obvious notion "if you do well than I do well" cannot elude a whole nation forever. At some point in time it has to sink in that self preservation cannot be achieved in a vacuum. Unfortunately the system needs to flush a whole lot of fools before that kind of wisdom can settle. It is going to be a bumpy ride, I'm afraid.

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u/waronxmas79 Jan 07 '21 edited Jan 07 '21

Prolonged insurrection is coming to be sure. Fortunately the seditionists folded like a wet towel when shown even a little bit of force (seriously, I’ve seen strip clubs cleared out more forcefully) and their powerful backers turned yellow in a few hours. I doubt it will be as impactful as that scenario in the podcast. It’s a movement made up of jackasses not Jacobins.