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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm afraid it's not going to save anyone, because it's going to be a collapse with many casualities mainly on the side of the poor, not a revolution. I imagine it as a social disaster. The rich will be ok.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The rich will be ok and their kids will repopulate earth. With a plow, a hammer and a sicle. Oh the irony...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Richfolk are known for their strong survival skills.

My odds are on them being the first ones killed and looted when the shit really hits the fan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Probably by the very armies and security forces they hired to protect them from that in the first place, once they realize that the rest of society collapsing means there probably won't be consequences for forcibly inheriting their employer's estate.

Or maybe it will be whoever holds the keys to the safety system they built when they realised they'd be at the mercy of their security forces.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The rich are only safe if they keep every grain of gunpowder and lump of c4 in there with them.