Collapse of Civilization - What to expect

Every man for themselves

 

hahaha

I am sure that will be the credo of some, particularly psychopaths, sociopaths, loners and those who aren't 'joiners'. But it has to be said, that their prospects of survival are probably going to be much less than those who belong to an extended family group, a clan or a tribe, who can pool knowledge, labour and resources for their own personal survival, and their group's collective survival.

 

Must not of watched rambo? (Its a joke calm down lol)

 

We may not have seen it in it's entirety but we have seen the chapters of this story.

My best guess:
Chicago on any weekend night in the summer.
Mixed with Portland Chaz Autonomous Zone.
Mixed with a cattle feedlot.
Add a dash of covid, flu, dysentery and cholera for flavor.
Stir well.
Add some Jewish ghettos, Darfur, Rwanda, Ukraine and some blue helmet heros.

Everyone will be touched except those so far off in the bush that never make contact with the outside world ever.
If your group is more than a handful, you'll wind up playing the purge game at some time.

Welcome to the punch.



Edit: Upon reflecting, The first few months will be the most horrific as we will get to see starvation and what a parent will do to save their child. The iPhone zombies will typically be turned into slaves or die due to overdoses. Large numbers will perish as skeletons or broken in pieces.

Then the violence really comes. Those that remain are not going to be nice as all the nice have been victimized, used up and discarded. Only the violent will remain. It will be all about resources, keeping them and taking them. Better take notes from Vlad the impaler and line the roads to your borough to keep them away for a while but ultimately, someone is going to have a bigger dick and come and see how strong you really are.

The movies The Postman, MadMax and The Road come to mind. It's not going to be fun.

The ones that die earliest will be the luckiest and morality will have left with them.

We are going back to animalistic mode.

 

Am not much of a Rambo film aficionado (the 'Rambo First Blood' book was much better), but I am familiar with Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale' wherein the aphorism got its first literary exposure.

there is also an old saying "Every man for himself and devil take the hindmost"..

 

The lefty elitists will get their wish..... a massive reduction in global Human population.

 

And, most likely, the radical righty elitists will also get their wish...the massive subjugation of the human population under strong man, fascist dictatorships or monarchies. A world of Putins, Orbans, Erdrogans,etc

 

The way to answer your question (s).
Would be to turn on your TV.
I believe most of the things you mentioned, besides the aliens, I have seen recently on the ole boob tube.

 

No. I saw on the news just a short while ago that aliens are real. Nobody cared because it was 2021.

 

Wait! What! Chell please edit your post. A whole paragraph and not one mention of President Trump? EGADS!! Chell see a doctor now, we would miss your bright and cheery wit in the tree.

 

After the first month, anyone left will be heavily armed.

 

There is no "wonder what will happen"

Just look at any failed state in existence today.
Somalia - starting low and ending even lower

Venezuela - very civilized with western level of living. Yeah. Its the shit now.

Any of the former Soviet states ending in "stan". As in afagrapacrapastan.

 

"Does anyone think that the majority of people on this planet can maintain their ethics and moral judgement in such a situation?"

If you look at history, as long as the population had a means of defending themselves, you shouldn't see total anarchy. Chaos, yes, but not complete anarchy. Look at places like Darfur, Sudan or farther back in history like the 30-year war in Europe. Most the people there were too poor to have firearms or other means of protection which meant power went to the gangs, the war lords. People have a tendency to be polite when they know you might shoot them without consequence in a time of chaos or anarchy. I think you would definitely see a huge increase in violent crime, but people would pull together for mutual defense and those found looting, killing, raping would be dealt with very swiftly and, in truth, cheaply, shot or hung immediately. You can say what you will, but I have seen first-hand that swift and harsh punishment is a HUGE deterrent. I mean that!

So, to stay on point and answer your question (above).... No, not totally; however, they would not keep their ethics and morals that they have now, just not possible. Plus, some will lose their way more than others....

 

I don't think the US would devolve into a Hotel Rwanda type of scenario. Those people had machetes and guns and the rest were unarmed. Place them in the south and it would be a short fight. That being said, I don't think we're headed for that type of scenario. People against people is not really where we are at. If there is an opposing force it can be targeted and fought. Today the enemy seems well hidden but controls much from the shadows. But it does seem we are headed for something and at break neck speed. Generals always fight the last war and this is nothing like the last war.