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Yeah, but not quite as bloody or chaotic as I’m getting at. As in, a Soviet Civil War in which Russia is set ablaze and becomes a nuke-ridden Yugoslavia writ large (which would likely drawn in NATO, too), though given how things are over there right now, such a fate may still be in the cards. 😦...

I’m talking about if the collapse is violent rather than peaceful, and given how miraculous it was that Soviet dissolution didn’t swing the other way, I question whether we can really get that lucky twice? Plus, it’s not like the US imploding is the only way the current system could crater...

Maybe, though given how "domesticated" people are—which is to say, trained from day one to depend on government for key amenities and "guidance" when it comes to running society—any collapse will be absolute pandemonium to live through, assuming we survive it at all. Human civilization may not...

So, basically, technologically uplifted versions of the Republic of Cospaia everywhere that freely trade and peaceably interact with one another? Sounds nice in theory, though in practice, I'm not sure how you'd establish those without the government clamping down hard and putting your...