Thought to ask this after a pointless and exhausting argument with liberals who are convinced that Trump being voted out proves that liberal democracy works and that Bernie and AOC are going to fix capitalism.

Surely as capitalism continues to decay and it becomes clear that the only possible futures are socialism or barbarism, there's going to come a point where nobody is going to believe that the Bidens and Pelosis are going to save us. I fully expect most liberals to embrace fascism when that time comes, but I've still gotta wonder... what's it going to take? What will be the tipping point?

  • truth [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'll lay out some examples of things that could happen that could produce that effect, just for you to visualize.

    ▪️Grocery stores empty for two months

    ▪️Covid mutates to be fatal to the young

    ▪️Covid long term effects are severe (likely death before 60 for those who have had it)

    ▪️Lose a war with China

    ▪️Major city without power for 4 weeks+ (LA, NYC, Chicago, D. C)

    ▪️(LONG SHOT) sanctions / embargo placed on usa by UN

    The way this will work is things will get worse until something breaks the camel's back. It'll probably have to be pretty drastic.

    • HamManBad [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Honestly even covid mutating wouldn't do it since "that wasn't Biden's fault" and "he's handling it so much better than Trump would have"

    • sonartaxlaw [undecided,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The major city without power one seems the most likely. As far as us infrastructure goes electrical and storm water are the most venerable. Texas is worse off then than some of the us but not by much

      • truth [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        I think nyc is vulnerable to a summer heatwave blackout