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What we are now witnessing is the slow motion unraveling of America. Our economy is dying, the American people have lost faith in the government and in almost all of our other major institutions, and our society is collapsing. Most Americans don’t understand why all of this is happening, but most of them do realize that something has fundamentally changed.
Earlier this year, McDonald’s held a “National Hiring Day” and a million Americans showed up to apply for jobs. Only 62,000 of them were hired. That means only 6.2% of the applicants got jobs. So what are we supposed to tell the 93.8% that didn’t get hired? Are they supposed to have any hope for the future when they can’t even get a minimum wage job at McDonald’s? When I was a teenager, I went over to McDonald’s one day, filled out an application and was instantly hired. My, how things have changed. Now we have millions upon millions of young people that are staring directly into a very bleak future. The level of frustration in this country is rising to frightening levels and large numbers of people are already showing that they will stoop to anything in order to survive.
In a recent article entitled “18 Signs The Collapse Of Society Is Accelerating” I focused primarily on the chaos that has been erupting in many of our urban areas. But the truth is that, as you will see below, there are signs that society is collapsing coming out of very rural areas as well. This phenomenon cannot just be pinned down to one area of the country or to one group of people. From coast to coast people are already starting to lose it and the economic collapse has only just begun.
The cold, hard reality of the matter is that what we are experiencing right now is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming down the road.
So if people will behave this wildly now, what is our society going to look like someday when there are millions of Americans that have not had anything to eat for several days?
That is something to think about.
History has shown us that when people are really, really hungry they will do just about anything.
But right now we are not even close to that point and yet people all across America are going crazy.
Originally posted by surrealist
reply to post by kro32
I am not trying to panic anyone whatsoever. Please kindly refrain from accusations and assumptions on my posts.
I care not what happened historically. I do not need a history lesson from you to see what is occurring in society today, which clearly indicates that I am right and you have your head in the sand.
Kind regards.
Originally posted by surrealist
Here in Australia, particularly Melbourne and Sydney, in recent years there has been an escalation in violence involving firearms and knives and other weaponry. You would very seldom hear of any of this 20 years ago, but it is very common now.
During the great depression when people were hungry you did not see massive amounts of violence at all. People back then were also saying that those were the end times and there was no way the world was gonna get better but it did. I could keep going back in history to give you example after example of how what you claim is false but this one should be enough. The world economy's are in bad shape but it's happened plenty of times before and the nations came through it just fine.
Originally posted by kro32
reply to post by surrealist
Actually history proves you wrong. During the great depression when people were hungry you did not see massive amounts of violence at all.
People back then were also saying that those were the end times and there was no way the world was gonna get better but it did.
I could keep going back in history to give you example after example of how what you claim is false but this one should be enough. The world economy's are in bad shape but it's happened plenty of times before and the nations came through it just fine.
Quit trying to panic everyone.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by kro32
The difference between then and now is that, back then, people were brought up to be part of a larger community. If Mrs. Bently down the street couldn't afford to buy groceries, her neighbors would chip in to buy some for her. Those who had some to spare helped out those who did not. It was recognized that your neighborsa are people, too, and you have a responsibility to the community you were a part of.
That outlook doesn't exist anymore. We've been trained to be totally isolated from one another. if your neighbors are scraping, oh well, # them. Me first, you never. The ownership society where those who have are moral and good and those who have not are contemptible.
Originally posted by kro32
Originally posted by surrealist
reply to post by kro32
I am not trying to panic anyone whatsoever. Please kindly refrain from accusations and assumptions on my posts.
I care not what happened historically. I do not need a history lesson from you to see what is occurring in society today, which clearly indicates that I am right and you have your head in the sand.
Kind regards.
If you don't care about history you shouldn't have brought it up in your post I suppose as someone might take that knowledge to show how your wrong. And if this isn't a panic post than my apoligies but when your telling everyone on ATS that violence is going to get worse and the world is falling apart it makes one assume there would be a reason to panic.
Had you not wanted people to panic you could have said "there is a chance that if the economy's of the world continue to worsen that possible outbreaks of violence could be expected especially in area's where food shortages are more apt to occur"
But you like to flat out tell everyone that violence is going to get worse when history shows this not to be the case.
Originally posted by kro32
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
I am actually more prepared than probably 99% of the people on this site and I haven't bought one thing that's for the actual SHTF day as I don't believe that will ever come. Unless it's a natural disaster of course but that's unavoidable.
Good post though I suppose and am enjoying it.