Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to news • 3 years agoOklahoma's ERs are so backed up with people overdosing on ivermectin, gunshot victims are having to wait to be treatedexternal-linkmessage-square138 fedilinkarrow-up1160file-text
arrow-up1160external-linkOklahoma's ERs are so backed up with people overdosing on ivermectin, gunshot victims are having to wait to be treatedDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to news • 3 years agomessage-square138 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLeninsRage [he/him]hexbear45·3 years agoYes, societies in collapse consistently see a retreat into mysticism and/or snake oil salesmen For example when the USSR was in terminal collapse there was an explosion in popularity of televangelists, faith healing, and miracle cures for illnesses link
minus-squareJamesConeZone [they/them]hexbear42·3 years agoBut that's been going on here since the 80s But that means :marx-joker: link
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear22·3 years agoSo how long will it be until the evil empire keels over and turns into a clusterfuck of ridiculously liberal and/or fash statelets? link
minus-squareLeninsRage [he/him]hexbear20·3 years agoWe'll have a Revolt of the Colonels before that happens link
Yes, societies in collapse consistently see a retreat into mysticism and/or snake oil salesmen
For example when the USSR was in terminal collapse there was an explosion in popularity of televangelists, faith healing, and miracle cures for illnesses
But that's been going on here since the 80s
But that means
:marx-joker:
:stonks-down:
So how long will it be until the evil empire keels over and turns into a clusterfuck of ridiculously liberal and/or fash statelets?
We'll have a Revolt of the Colonels before that happens