I tend to be a lot less alarmist than a lot of people here in the fact that I believe it’s all a very slow burn that’s going to follow the same extremely boring script of every other US crisis. You’re not going to wake up one day and notice that everything’s different, we’re probably going to see something like the US’s response to COVID. The government and capitalists will be the first to downplay the threat to the populace once things get really bad and whisper sweet nothings about how we’re all in this together, I hear and support you, all of that dumb nonsense while Americans face a crisis in resources.

Then I’d expect another migrant crisis (which the US is in no position to deal with) as areas around the world become inhabitable and wars break out over limited resources (water mainly). All of this will be happening while democrats and republicans fight over whether anything can be done by humans at this point to mitigate climate catastrophe. The liberals will have the right ideas but do jack shit to implement them, republicans will continue to double down on insisting that it’s a natural process which humans cannot control.

It’s so predictable because to determine what path the US takes, you just have to think in terms of business interests (as you know Congress has been bought and sold for decades). This country has shown that it only cares about maximizing shareholder value at every fucking opportunity, and most Americans either don’t care or just want their treats and to enjoy their average lives.

I would think Americans would get angry and protest if things get too bad and they lose access to their “bread and circuses”, but with the absolute power of the police force and military state, who knows.