I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There.

[edhopper]

Just fucking read this!

https://gen.medium.com/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there-ba1e4b54c5fc

I lived through the end of a civil war — I moved back to Sri Lanka in my twenties, just as the ceasefire fell apart. Do you know what it was like for me? Quite normal. I went to work, I went out, I dated. This is what Americans don’t understand. They’re waiting to get personally punched in the face while ash falls from the sky. That’s not how it happens.

This is how it happens. Precisely what you’re feeling now. The numbing litany of bad news. The ever rising outrages. People suffering, dying, and protesting all around you, while you think about dinner. If you’re trying to carry on while people around you die, your society is not collapsing. It’s already fallen down.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. thanks for posting/finding this. I read it a few days ago but

forgot where I found it.

Very sobering, but critically important, piece. I've been thinking along these lines for many months