How Collapse Is Contagious
My country is fucked right now, and it’s tempting to think of that as some distant item on the news. Ukraine is under siege, and it’s tempting to think of that as distant too. But we need to resist temptation. Collapse is coming for you too.
The Four Horseman Of Collapse
Right now the four horsemen of collapse are galloping roughshod over the world, jumping over borders like brambles and hedges, rounding up the weak at the edge of the herd first, but encircling everyone in due course.
- Disease: COVID was the first disaster that cut through our illusion of separation like butter. Even when borders were closed, it ran right through them. We’re just one bowl of human soup to microbes, and soup’s on.
- Climate: In the same way, the macro climate doesn’t care about the imaginary lines we’ve drawn on the ground. Climate collapse is coming through the air, through the water, everywhere, all at once. We’re all in the same planetary soup, and that soup is getting hot.
- War: Then there’s war, where blood flows across borders easily too. Not just through bombs and invasions, but through food and fuel prices too. This laces the soup we’re in with blood, making it clear…
