Sorry about the trash title, couldn’t think of something more elaborate or appropriate. Also sorry if this isn’t the best place to pose this question.

So, given the state of world affairs right now, with the decoupling from US currency, soaring prices, impending recession, possible open war, etc., I want to ask fellow US comrades as well as comrades living in other countries like the UK who will be seriously impacted by this: How do you intend to survive the oncoming possible collapse?

As we all know, any time there is any sort of crisis, the wealthy are completely unaffected and the burden always falls entirely on working class people. Starvation, homelessness, increased violence, looting, etc. will affect everyone. My household has what would normally be a comfortable income and already this shit is starting to affect us. Or at least that is what the growing empty spaces in our fridge and pantry are telling us, and our electricity bill which doubled since two months ago despite the wattage being about the same.

While the collapse of western hegemony will be good for the world at large, collapse doesn’t mean disappearance. After all, the Spanish Empire did not suddenly vanish from the world stage just because they lost sea dominance, the United States still might survive as an independent, reactionary, nuclear armed, ultra-conservative, capitalist, shit hole where now the poor are significantly poorer and all those troops stationed overseas are granted law enforcement rights domestically or whatever.

And sorry my post is so US-centric, but I can only reasonably speak to local conditions and not as much those of other western nations. I’m interested in what those comrades have to say though for sure! While there are certainly differences in local material conditions there are also a lot of similarities, as well as solutions that can apply to multiple problems.

I know (or at least sincerely suspect) that it won’t be some world ending apocalypse or whatever doomers will have you believe, but innocent working class people will die.

So the question again is: How do you intend to survive the oncoming possible collapse, and possibly even help others?

  • Ratette (she/her)
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    102 years ago

    Okay now I’m depressed and scared 😞

    I dunno tbh, hopefully before everything becomes such a shitstorm in the UK the conditions for revolution will be met and we can steer our country away from oblivion for the sake of the working class.

    • @bleepingblorp@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      82 years ago

      I didn’t mean to scare or depress anyone comrade! I’m sorry my post brought this about. My hope was that by sharing some ideas about how to handle day to day needs in a decaying state that comrades would be empowered with the knowledge to survive and continue to provide for themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.

      • Ratette (she/her)
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        122 years ago

        Don’t apologise its just sad that the UK is so intimately linked with the US that your demise means ours unless something changes.

        I think it’s a great idea we build a “how to survive the decline of capitalism” guide for comrades in these situations.