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The Last Days Of America? 25 Signs Of Extreme Social Decay
The Economic Collapse Blog ^ | 10/18/12 | Simple Man

Posted on 10/18/2012 8:13:37 PM PDT by Kartographer

Are we on the verge of societal collapse? Many of the greatest empires throughout world history were not conquered by outside forces. Rather, they crumbled inwardly as extreme social decay set in. There have been many that have compared the last days of the Roman Empire to what America is going through right now. In the decades following World War II, the United States was the most powerful and the most prosperous nation on the entire planet, but now things are rapidly changing. There are literally thousands of signs that our society is collapsing all around us.

(Excerpt) Read more at theeconomiccollapseblog.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: preparedness; preppers; shtf
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To: Kartographer
Yes, I read the post. And I've read the normalcy bias article as well. In fact I've read most of your posts. I'm not saying TEOTWAWKI won't happen, but I'm not going to accept that it necessarily will either. I've been a big proponent of common sense survival preparations decades before anyone ever came up with the word “prepping”. But there's a trap in it too. You can become so convinced that it's going to happen, and spend so much time and money on it, that you end up almost wanting it to happen, and looking for all reinforcement that we're doomed to a Mad Max future. Personally I think a major collapse is possible, but not probable. People should make common sense preparations for evil times, but don't count on it.
21 posted on 10/19/2012 12:58:55 AM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
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To: Hugin
People should make common sense preparations for evil times, but don't count on it.

In other words, "we should prepare for the possibility of disaster but also for the possibility that America survives these terrible Obama years as a functioning society"? If that's your point, then I'd agree. I think we've got just over a 50% chance of avoiding a global SHTF situation in the next ten years, so it is worth being ready for both outcomes.

22 posted on 10/19/2012 2:11:06 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Kartographer
Billionaire Frank Giustra: Gold Will Be The Final Bubble

"It's the beginning of the end for the US dollar. I don't want to sound apocalyptic, but how else does this end? You have to be on the right side of this trade."

23 posted on 10/19/2012 4:11:48 AM PDT by blam
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To: Kartographer

All I’m gonna say is, “Honey Boo Boo”.


24 posted on 10/19/2012 4:40:14 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: OneWingedShark
I'd like to join Commander Riker in applauding your most excellent post:


25 posted on 10/19/2012 4:43:42 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: fr_freak; Uncle Slayton

How is it trolling? I agree with him; the eternal legacy of William the Impeached is how he taught oral sex to kids for generations.


26 posted on 10/19/2012 4:50:44 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: Kartographer

The comments at the article are telling. It rapidly degenerated into a “we must legalize marijuana” flamewar by the Paultards. I was half expecting to see the race card flying around.


27 posted on 10/19/2012 5:08:34 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: Old Sarge; OneWingedShark

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Revolution is Duty of the People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af5KJ2aD8F0


28 posted on 10/19/2012 5:16:10 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Old Sarge

The Paulist have now blessedly returned to Mom and Dad’s to return to smoking ‘herb’ and playing World of Warcraft and will be among the first that the zombies eat.


29 posted on 10/19/2012 5:26:32 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer
Communist Goals (1963)

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

Read all the goals at the linked page above.

30 posted on 10/19/2012 5:39:27 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 ("It's better to vote for a Republican you don't know than wind up with a dim you don't like".)
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To: Old Sarge

Thank you.


31 posted on 10/19/2012 7:03:19 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Kartographer

As Rush said on his show recently (paraphrasing): We are not talking about liberalism that is going to happen, we are talking about it happening right now. We are living it and it’s only going to get worse.


32 posted on 10/19/2012 7:49:30 AM PDT by CodeToad (Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
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To: Old Sarge

You’d have to see this guy’s posting history. It reads like a parody of conservative thinking. In this case, while I agree that there has been a decline in moral values in our culture and the young are the most affected, the idea that NO teenager ever thought of having oral sex before Clinton came along is so ludicrous that it almost has to be designed to make conservatives look stupid. And all of his posts are like that.


33 posted on 10/19/2012 7:55:22 AM PDT by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak

Agreed. Young people having oral sex is nothing new in 100+ years, IMO. And we have WAY worse problems to worry about, BTW. Sheesh.


34 posted on 10/21/2012 1:19:08 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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