[DesuMaiden]

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Peak oil is not, by itself ,going to crash modern civilization
it can be managed to a large degree
the big unknown is that problems don't come alone
a world financial system akin to a circus high wire act ,
economic competition following the end of two hundred years of West European supremacy ,
degradation of the Citizen /governance relationship
exhaustion of a wide range of resources
geo-politic brush fires in an increasing number of countries
a food situation at the mercy of a serie of disastrous harvests ( we are OK this year , so far )
an unknown black swan coming to visit

Any one of those can be dealt with , somehow , with a bit of police state and media massaging
if they come in bunch that could get a bit hairy
but don't worry , law and order will be maintained , the last people to loose their pay check will be the police