Your posts make the point very clear; no need to simplify it. Just studying the Roman Empire's decline and then decadent collapse at the end shows we are nearing such an end. This may go down slow and steady, or fast. The only silver lining proposed (besides the return of Christ) was the idea that the next cycle will be as good or better than the last boom and bust cycle of civilization. We still have to go through the collapse, and if you survive that, you'll need to adapt to the new system that fills the power vacuum left behind. Will it be Islam or Communism (Russian or Chinese) that takes over next?
It has been a long time coming, to be sure, long before I was born. Just think how long Charles Manson and his "family" would have had to live underground if they had stayed with their plans. They would have been too old or dead by now to emerge and take over from the black race, they felt, would destroy the collapsing system. Going on a murder spree and hoping it would inspire a race war wasn't a great idea, but even a drug-addled nut case from the 60s could see the writing on the wall way back then.
It has been a long time coming, to be sure, long before I was born. Just think how long Charles Manson and his "family" would have had to live underground if they had stayed with their plans. They would have been too old or dead by now to emerge and take over from the black race, they felt, would destroy the collapsing system. Going on a murder spree and hoping it would inspire a race war wasn't a great idea, but even a drug-addled nut case from the 60s could see the writing on the wall way back then.
A trail goes two ways and looks different in each direction - There is no such thing as a timid woodland creature - Whatever does not kill you leaves you a survivor - Jesus is NOT a bad word - MSB