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<blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5557073" data-attributes="member: 67606">Wow.&nbsp; I guess I'm far more pessimistic than most.&nbsp; In the event of an assured, near-eventual cataclysmic disaster, I just see world economies and social structures collapsing.&nbsp; I see crime going through the roof, and I see nothing but pre-apocalypse apocalyptic living.The dollar would positively plummet in the wake of guaranteed news that none of us will be here in 30 years to possess it and maintain it's value.&nbsp; With the majority of the world's economies 100% pinned to the US dollar, their economies, along with the United States' would wither and die.&nbsp; Food prices would skyrocket, and suddenly you'd have people killing each other over loaves of bread and potable water in the streets.&nbsp; Why not?&nbsp; What are they going to do - lock you away?&nbsp; They're welcome to try - you'll shoot the cops, if they bothered to stay on the job.&nbsp; What's the worst that happens?&nbsp; You go down in a blazing firefight.&nbsp; You're going to die anyway.&nbsp; It was just a matter of the difference between now, and 27 years from now.Religion would simultaneously experience a Renaissance and and Exodus.&nbsp; Many faithful would give up their beliefs - after all, what &quot;god&quot; would allow his followers to ALL die like this?&nbsp; While many non-believers would flock to the churches for comfort and peace.&nbsp; While still other hard-line religious fanatics would decide that the Rapture (or Ragnarök, or what-have-you) would have to occur between now and the impact, and likely do what they can to hasten their end-time's arrival.It would be bleak, not Utopian.&nbsp; People don't band together, not like that.&nbsp; In the wake of 9/11, Americans experienced a unity and camaraderie they didn't know if they could ever experience again.&nbsp; But that was because the American ideals as we saw them were worth preserving and carrying forwards.&nbsp; If America (and the world itself) were to be gone in just over a generation or so?&nbsp; No sir. Not gonna happen.&nbsp; People would fold like a house of cards.&nbsp; Existence becomes useless and meaningless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stumblewyk, post: 5557073, member: 67606"] Wow. I guess I'm far more pessimistic than most. In the event of an assured, near-eventual cataclysmic disaster, I just see world economies and social structures collapsing. I see crime going through the roof, and I see nothing but pre-apocalypse apocalyptic living. The dollar would positively plummet in the wake of guaranteed news that none of us will be here in 30 years to possess it and maintain it's value. With the majority of the world's economies 100% pinned to the US dollar, their economies, along with the United States' would wither and die. Food prices would skyrocket, and suddenly you'd have people killing each other over loaves of bread and potable water in the streets. Why not? What are they going to do - lock you away? They're welcome to try - you'll shoot the cops, if they bothered to stay on the job. What's the worst that happens? You go down in a blazing firefight. You're going to die anyway. It was just a matter of the difference between now, and 27 years from now. Religion would simultaneously experience a Renaissance and and Exodus. Many faithful would give up their beliefs - after all, what "god" would allow his followers to ALL die like this? While many non-believers would flock to the churches for comfort and peace. While still other hard-line religious fanatics would decide that the Rapture (or Ragnarök, or what-have-you) would [b]have[/b] to occur between now and the impact, and likely do what they can to hasten their end-time's arrival. It would be bleak, not Utopian. People don't band together, not like [i]that[/i]. In the wake of 9/11, Americans experienced a unity and camaraderie they didn't know if they could ever experience again. But that was because the American ideals as we saw them were worth preserving and carrying forwards. If America (and the world itself) were to be gone in just over a generation or so? No sir. Not gonna happen. People would fold like a house of cards. Existence becomes useless and meaningless. [/QUOTE]

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