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A Different Worst Case Poll
by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 12 Jan 2006, 22:14:42
This is a way to structure a poll that hasn't been tried, in awhile at least, and not like this. Just how likely is the worst case scenario? Worst case being total collapse of all large institutions, globally, and disasters of the worst kind emergent.
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Re: A Different Worst Case Poll
by katkinkate » Sat 14 Jan 2006, 19:30:14
All other civilisations and empires have fallen in the past and there is no reason to believe our's won't as well, eventually. So I would say total collapse is 100% likely. The real question is when. Will peak oil be the reason or will we stumble along until something else deals the death blow?
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Re: A Different Worst Case Poll
by PenultimateManStanding » Sun 15 Jan 2006, 02:24:21
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'A')ll other civilisations and empires have fallen in the past and there is no reason to believe our's won't as well, eventually. So I would say total collapse is 100% likely. The real question is when. Will peak oil be the reason or will we stumble along until something else deals the death blow?
Well technically your right! There's a big difference between TEOTWAWKI next millenium and next year, though, I'm sure you would agree.-
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Re: A Different Worst Case Poll
by Specop_007 » Sun 15 Jan 2006, 02:35:15
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'A')ll other civilisations and empires have fallen in the past and there is no reason to believe our's won't as well, eventually. So I would say total collapse is 100% likely. The real question is when. Will peak oil be the reason or will we stumble along until something else deals the death blow?
While the empires collapse, there legacies live on.
banking still exists, written language, science and all other manner of legacies live on. So, while the empire that created banking has faded into the pages of time, the idea of banking has existed since inception.
So, to say we'll see a collapse of the institutions is a bit of a stretch, however we may see a collapse of certain empires, or at the least a restructuring of those empires. Some empires today have existed since the beginning of time, for example Egypt. Egypt as an empire has changed and morphed, but has in some manner or another always existed.
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