civilization collapse

what is a more modest proposal? - genocide - a common practice for population control / eugenics - cliodynamics - fratricide / civil war - gerontocide - logan's run who makes these choices? crazy eddie.

Collapse Idea of collapse When downward forces are greater than upward froces Example American collapse Downward forces Debt Military Intelligence Religion Racism Upward forces Network Education Democratic Property

there's the whole cubic mile of oil thing that we can't replace - and then there's this: http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1848433/the-ocean-is-broken/ it sums things up nicely - ecosystem collapse, the garbage gyre, and the tragedy of the commons - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons