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wwarnout t1_j4nfzjf wrote

I can't imagine a situation dire enough, short of one that kills the majority of the human population.

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ApprehensiveCut2058 t1_j4ocoro wrote

So like the current trajectory, but not annoyingly played out over decades, way beyond our attention span.

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ourstobuild t1_j4pz1fg wrote

There is no way even a threat that kills the majority of the human population would enable countries to find one leader. Cooperation? Maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised if even that would fall apart quicker than you'd imagine.

Influential people would just start throwing threats. If you won't do what I want you to do, I'll pull out.... etc etc.

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AdSea9329 t1_j4pnw2m wrote

i think this is very true. scares resources like catastrophes are not distributed evenly, any nation which can gain an advantage will do so to a certain extend. The day you got only a few people left, they will have to work together if they want to prosper. Look at the increasing ecological pressure, the consequence is less a collaboration than a currently still quite amicable trade war and race for technology. imo this will turn ugly once shocks of damages with significant magnitude will hit.

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