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  • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Nothing was done after Katrina either. This is a doomer/accelerationist mix obviously it is pretty much inevitable that the US will balkanize after a series of natural disasters where the government fails to handle it properly either due to fascism or incompetence there is no difference.

    This is a warning to take climate change and balkanization very seriously if you can take steps to change your life in the medium/long term future you definitely should.

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I have a turkish coworker whose family is from the areas affected by the earthquakes, and she has postulated that Turkey might soon be a candidate for balkanisation, since the affected part of Turkey is heavily kurdish and used to be in favour of Erdogan, but now a lot of the villages are seething with rage at the Ankara government and their botched aid attempts. Obviously everyone has their blind spots, but your comment reminded me of that discussion we had a few days ago.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Isn't US citizens perfectly well aware that their government doesn't care about them? Government neglect is not enough for balkanization, you need some political force pushing for a breakup if it is to happen and I can't see what or who that should be in the current situation.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Nothing was done after Katrina either.

      Idk about that. I recall large blocks of affordable housing getting demolished, major cities taken over by the state, and the education system totally privatized in the aftermath.