Does it feel like our civilization is slowly unraveling around us?

[Yavin4]

With Republicans in charge of the WH and the senate, our government solely exists to help the uber wealthy and fight wars abroad. But now we've run into a crisis that we cannot solve by bombing/invading another nation or cutting taxes on the wealthy. So, instead, Republicans in our government are just going to walk away from it. Ignore it totally and bend reality through their propaganda networks and talking points.

But even that will only go so far if our hospitals get over run with new patients. What then? Refuse covid patients? Deny them treatment? What good is opening a business when no employees or customers show up? Sure, you can fire them and deny them benefits, but that just means more desperate and hungry mouths on the street.

Civil order will be impossible to maintain in a nation of hungry and dying people.

[SoonerPride]

1. We will be fortunate if our country survives until January.

[bluestarone]

2. America is at the doorsteps of

It's own death!! If trumpass wins in NOV. people better be ready to DIE for America!

[Boomerproud]

3. Yes

[DrToast]

4. I mean, it has been for 3 years.

[katmondoo]

5. Yes it does. I am feeling more insecure everyday and a little scared of the near future.

[panader0]

6. I've read hundreds of the sky is falling posts for years here on DU.

End of the US, end of Democracy, end of civilization.
This will pass, eventually, and hopefully teach us a lesson.
Our nation has endured many trials. We will endure this one.
Things will be different, again, hopefully in a better way.
Time moves on. All things are headed for fruition.

[k2qb3]

7. Conservatives are always convinced the end is nigh too...

The world is going to keep on spinning.

I think everyone is aware on some level we're living through a critical moment in human history and largely fucking it up. It's obvious big changes are on the horizon and everyone is afraid they'll come at their expense.

Personally, I think our civilization is insane, but the magnitude of that insanity and the suffering it will cause won't be apparent until after the unraveling.

Covid is nothing, just exposing a little bit of the weakness.

[maxsolomon]

8. Things are more like they are now than ever before.

Everything is always falling apart.

[Maven]

9. Civilization will survive but the Union likely will not. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. I've been saying for some time now that this country is on its downward spiral.

Has been since Ronald Reagan was elected.

It's not very obvious, mainly because this is a rich country, and we have a hugely bloated military as well as a fine scientific sector. Alas, the second has been systematically chipped away at for twenty or so years now.

Unfortunately, we're like any other empire in its waning days: stuck in the past, unwilling and unable to make the changes needed to keep or gain back its might.

[Maeve]

11. Slowly? Don't know about "slowly"....

Actually, the social fabric has been fraying for some time, but I still hope we can re-weave it

[Chainfire]

12. I think that it is accelerating

[Celerity]

13. If (huge if) a city/region's hospitals get Italian-level overrun, the triage process will be forced

to make viability choices, and if you are too old or if you have a lot of pre-existing health conditions and comorbidity factors and resources are taxed to the point of breakdown, your odds are going to be piss poor. If you doubt me, go watch the dozens of hours of Italian reports at the peak of the death wave. I HATE being this blunt, but there (however unlikely it may be) it is.


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But even that will only go so far if our hospitals get over run with new patients. What then? Refuse covid patients? Deny them treatment?

[MFM008]

14. Just as Putin

And Bannon planned.

[Under The Radar]

15. The speed of the unraveling seems to be increasing

It seems that the administration and the campaign do see the writing on the wall and looking to cash in before they leave office. Kush and company are cutting deals with boosters and foreign countries for medical supplies taken from states and selling them at inflated prices. McConnell is hell bent on getting as many unqualified conservative yes men appointed to federal judgeships and is risking the health of senators to do it, as if there will be no tomorrow to get it done.
Another thing is that propaganda and talking points doesn’t seem to have any affect on people who are in pain, mourning and suffering where there are now 30 million unemployed with many more to come and how far can we stretch the $1200 and a copy of Trumps signature.
I think they are coming to the end of the road and they know it too. The period I fear is the lame duck session between the election and inauguration if he looses.