DoomsdaysCW<p>Something else I took away from the MSN slideshow was the importance of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> and perhaps embracing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchy</span></a> (as in "No Rulers, No Kings"). These days, the ruling class are corporate executives and greedy politicians. Certainly, many who are currently in charge are failing us and the environment!</p><p>6. Political systems cannot coordinate responses to global crises.</p><p>"Democratic governance systems designed for gradual policy adjustments cannot process the rapid, fundamental changes required to address simultaneously occurring economic, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a>, and social crises that demand coordinated international responses exceeding current institutional capabilities. Political polarization and short electoral cycles prevent the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LongTermPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongTermPlanning</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResourceAllocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResourceAllocation</span></a> necessary to navigate systemic challenges that span decades and require <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SustainedCooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainedCooperation</span></a> across competing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>national</span></a> interests.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternationalCooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalCooperation</span></a> continues deteriorating as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResourceScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResourceScarcity</span></a> and climate impacts intensify competition between nations, while domestic political systems fragment under the stress of managing declining living standards and increasing inequality that undermine social cohesion. The failure of governance systems to facilitate necessary changes creates the kind of institutional breakdown that characterizes the transition from complex societies to simpler, more localized forms of social organization that can better adapt to resource constraints and environmental instability."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/mit-warns-society-could-collapse-by-2040-and-the-signs-are-already-here/ss-AA1LevRc?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&cvid=67506a067e5a4905be298b0a363777ec&ei=35#image=7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/markets/mi</span><span class="invisible">t-warns-society-could-collapse-by-2040-and-the-signs-are-already-here/ss-AA1LevRc?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&cvid=67506a067e5a4905be298b0a363777ec&ei=35#image=7</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadGovernance</span></a></p>