Perhaps the Collapse of Society Would Not Be Such a Bad Thing

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Perhaps the Collapse of Society Would Not Be Such a Bad Thing

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Not news to anybody here, but nice to hear it without any bullshit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zyPCQc3mY
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Hope he leads from the front then.
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BritDownUnder wrote: 24 Jan 2024, 11:19 Hope he leads from the front then.
As he makes clear in the video, he can't. Not unless he wants to end up in prison, which wouldn't actually achieve anything at all.
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Collapse now and avoid the rush UE

Nothing stopping you is there?
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I think a society such as the UK could go down the simplification process Joseph Tainter style. Stopping a lot of unnecessary imports would be a good start. Encouraging people to do gardening would be another.
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