# Serious Questions About the Collapse of Civilization

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**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-questions-about-the-collapse-of-civilization/995512 "2024-01-02T19:43:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-questions-about-the-collapse-of-civilization/995512/16 "2024-01-02T23:31:47Z")

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So this post on my thread on “accelerationism” (and the fact it’s bs) talks about this:

> [@Accelerationism and the "four turnings": absolute horseshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accelerationism-and-the-four-turnings-absolute-horseshit/994644/39):
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> Obligatory Douglas Rushkoff reference:

As I mention on that thread, there is zero chance of the elite security of the billionaires staying as lackeys after the collapse. Sure they will have a big pile of MREs, clean water, Twinkies, bourbon, and whatever else counts as currency post collapse. But who is gonna end up in charge of that? The heavily armed guy with loads of military experience or his employer who made a bunch of cash in the 90s by knowing about search engine optimisation?

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