Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?" video.

@Croz89 - Ah ive not made myself clear - that is "the definitive list" of things that contribute to ANY civilisation collapse, so it may be 10 of them or 16 of them that apply to any given collapse. The reality is - many things contribute to every collapse. What ACTUALLY caused the collapse is when a civilisation reaches a point called "Interconnected Cascading systems Failure" or "everything is broken and everything you need to fix it is also broken" The UK has just reached this point, the USA is dancing with it. A classic example of this - the UK has allowed water companies to pump sewage into the rivers cos they cant get the chemicals they need to treat the sewage cos of Brexit. NOW they have a drought so the fields are rock hard. This has prevented the farmers from drilling the seed for next year's food crop. To do this they need to pump water from the rivers onto the fields to soften them to plant. But they cant cos the rivers are full of human sewage and you cant put that on food crops because it spreads disease... And everything in the UK is like this - you can fix a problem cos of another problem you created or failed to fix. Ultimately this is what collapses EVERY civilisation "Interconnected Cascading systems Failure"
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@Croz89 "Authoritarianism is usually a sign of an unstable society" its not. We don't like it cos we are taught to like democracy - but almost every civilisation throughout history has been authoritarian. And contrary to western belief most people that live in authoritarian systems like it. You have to be taught to like freedom, you have to be taught to like democracy. I live in Bulgaria now, many of the older people think democracy is a real imposition. "China managed that statistic (if it's telling the truth, which it's probably not) through draconian authoritarian measures." - but they managed it and they saved an estimated 4.6 MILLION lives as compared to America. How do you argue that you should sacrifice 4.6 MILLION people for the sake of NOT being "draconian authoritarian" - ARE YOU willing to be one of them...???
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@sadman.saqib.zahin01 Hangzhou in China has 70 restaurants in 970AD. It had old people's homes, they had old age pensions. They opened their first state-funded university in 1051, open to anyone with the intellect to get in regardless of status - if they were men. They had printed books of building codes to ensure quality construction. PRINTED BOOKS...!!! BUILDING CODES - in 1000AD
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IM AN AUTHOR ON THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILISATIONS yes - western civilisation is on the brink of collapse - This is the list of contributing factors to societal collapse: Plague / disease Yes Environmental change Y Massive wealth inequality Y Loss of the administrative class Y The government stops governing Y Attack from the outside - now includes cyber attack Y Loss of faith in the political system Y Economic collapse Y Exposed obvious corruption Y Crumbling infrastructure Y Mismanagement of a crisis Y Societal division Y Loss of belief in the unity of the society Y Restriction of international trade / loss of trade agreements Y Increased isolationism Y Rising internal violence Y Excessive spending on military / arms race Yes - Inability to maintain the currency - hoarding / devaluation / inflation Y If a majority of things on the list happen to a civilisation simultaneously, it is invariably the end for that civilisation. If all happen at the same time, it's guaranteed to be the end. The USSR collapsed with 9 out of the 18. America scores 18/18. And you have reached "cascading interconnected systems failure" - everything is broken and everything you need to fix it is also broken. The UK scores 17/18
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@Croz89 - Oh its pretty well understood now. Just FYI - This is the list of contributing factors to societal collapse: Plague / disease Environmental change Massive wealth inequality Loss of the administrative class The government stops governing Attack from the outside - now includes cyber attack Loss of faith in the political system Economic collapse Exposed obvious corruption Crumbling infrastructure Mismanagement of a crisis Societal division Loss of belief in the unity of the society Restriction of international trade / loss of trade agreements Increased isolationism Rising internal violence Excessive spending on military / arms race Inability to maintain the currency - hoarding / devaluation / inflation If a majority of things on the list happen to a civilisation simultaneously, it is invariably the end for that civilisation. If all happen at the same time, it's guaranteed to be the end. The USSR collapsed with 9 out of the 18. You can tick them off for the BAC and for any modern country - the results will utterly terrify you if you live in the USA or the UK [Im an author on this subject]
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@Croz89 §- ABSOLUTELY - we always thought that pandemics were a CAUSATION of civilisation collapse. It was announced last week in a new paper that we now think that pandemics are a SYMPTOM of a collapsing civilisation. A perfect example would be this one - China 1.4 billion people, less than 6,000 deaths. America 0.3 billion people - 1 million deaths. Collapsing civilisations don't protect, prioritise wealth, have sicker people etc etc etc... So you really can say "these cause civilisations to collapse" you can only say "if a society has these features - it is likely collapsing" because the cause and effect are so muddy as you say.
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@Croz89 - My sister had to pay £350 for planning permission last month cos she replaced the rotten gate posts with identical shape and sized gate posts. But the new gateposts contravened current planning. Her house is 300 years old and the old drawings and pictures of the house show the exact same gate post design. But they are more than 150mm higher than the fence by 100mm and that contravenes planning. But the house is a listed building so she has to replace like for like. So she now has to appear at a planning tribunal, paying an architect and a historian to turn up to argue that she should not be fined for replacing rotten gateposts with identical gateposts. It will be granted cos its a listed building and she has to do this - but its going to cost her about £2000 in total. This is in the UK - a "liberal democracy" What were you saying about authoritarian regimes micromanaging people's lives???
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@TheAdrinachrome1 - I have no idea why people always think that large numbers of deaths as a country grows and evolves is only ever a bad thing when its a communist country. You know - what about the native peoples of North America?? South America?? The millions of dead slaves from Africa. The millions of dead in India as a result of the British. The native people of Australia. The African famine in the 60's 70's and 80's as a direct result of American actions there...??? OH WAIT - I do know why the only famine and deaths that count are those of China and the USSR - WESTERN PROPAGANDA Try not to be such a total wanker...
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@irmaosmatos4026 - But you live under the myth that its not happening to you - just to people in China... Your car registration, insurance, technical test, speed, everything is checked hundreds of times a day. I mean I am TOTALLY against it - I literally do not have a bank account. But the idea that its only China and dictators doing the checking is just fantasy - its every country. Let me be clear - IT IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM the level of surveillance in society,.
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@irmaosmatos4026 - SORRY - I got completely the wrong impression. I could NOT agree more. I live in ex-communist Bulgaria now, people here complain that they miss the freedom of the communist days... They are more surveyed today, the bank controlles their finances, the police control how they drive, and there are more laws they have to follow. Of course what they really mean is "i miss the freedom of the 1970's and 80's" and we all do... But its telling that life in communist Bulgaria was freer than life in today's world. And Bulgaria is way freer than the UK where I moved from...
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@angusyang5917 ". You claim that every civilization is authoritarian, but at the same time, most of them do not exist anymore." thats how time works.
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@angusyang5917 - Chinese civilisation is 3,500 years old. My sister's house is older than the United States of America. You cant say ":. You claim that every civilization is authoritarian, but at the same time, most of them do not exist anymore." when America is collapsing, the UK is collapsing and they are the oldest democracies we currently have and they dont outlast a house that wasn't even built as a house but a cow shed... Yet you have China at 3,500 years old. Im sorry - but your argument is embarrassing. China - not a democracy - went from starving agrarian civilisation to the world's most advanced civilisation IN 50 YEARS... Meanwhile, in America, they passed a bill in the Senate for the first time in 20 years.
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@angusyang5917 - Yeah but only YOU are talking about dynasties. The conversation is about civilisations and they don't collapse cos a ruling dynasty ends. "Most dynasties in Chinese history lasted less than 300 years," Still 50 years more than the USA has lasted.
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@angusyang5917 _ fair enough. And if I got the maths wrong, forgive me - I have covid and my brain is total mush today.
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@angusyang5917 - Ive had it a few times. The first time back in Feb 2020 it was really bad. There is evidence that in some people it becomes "systemic". Its always there and when you get run down or overdo it - it flares back up. Personally, I believe this. The "good news" is since the first time I got it - its been pretty mild. Super tired, very weak, pain in muscles and joints - but thats it. Done let anyone tell it its "just the flue" ive had flu, bad. It put me in bed for 3 weeks very ill and then it went away and I could get on with life as normal. Not this...
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