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They'll be living in the Parable of the Sower type dystopia before they realise they should have done something years ago.

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People always cite Parable of the Sower as proof of an inevitable dystopian collapse. They fail to then point out that Octavia Butler’s protagonists constructed Earthseed, a commune that stood in opposition to MAGA.

Ideally we'd get the Earthseed commune without the huge suffering that came before it!

I don't think the collapse is inevitable. I lean towards doomerism but I know I can't predict what's going to happen next week, let alone next decade.

Parable of the sower:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)

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