• MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    4 hours ago

    It has been said that for the outlying regions of the Roman Empire, the collapse only meant that when the unused bridge fell down, no one came to fix it. (Undoubtedly I have garbled it.)

    It has also been said “We are a long way from Beijing”, which means the central government is a long way away and don’t know what we are doing and impact our lives little.

    Some things will really suck. They will suck far more than I can imagine. We will still have local police and hospitals. Medical care will get worse. There may be less food in the non-agriculture states, but that will be fixed with trade or war.

    Lots of people will die. Likely you and I will die.

    Some states will link up to make their own countries. Canada may invite some states to join. Same with Mexico (New Mexico maybe…)

    Very much a “things I do not control”.