• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    We won’t starve if we eat the rich. Once they are gone, we can build a new economic system.

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      7 months ago

      The problem with cannibalism is that once you develop a taste for it, it becomes difficult to stop

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      7 months ago

      We’ll be lucky if it goes that smooth. Usually the whole thing at least partially collapses, followed by is a few hundred years of dark age to sort things out and then rebuilding starts with a new system in place for another go.

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        7 months ago

        Personally, I’m counting on Zephram Cochran flagging down some Vulcans to help us out. Rebuilding should take 100 years tops