Professor Peter Turchin says social unrest and political upset could result in the collapse of the world as we know it, based on his latest research…
He warns the 2020s could bring society to an “instability peak” as issues over the rich-poor divide, political infighting and government dysfunction come to a head
According to Professor Turchin’s research: “We should expect many years of political turmoil, peaking in the 2020s….
Writing on Phys.org, Professor Turchin, said: “Our society, like all previous complex societies, is on a rollercoaster.
“Impersonal social forces bring us to the top; then comes the inevitable plunge. But the descent is not inevitable.
“Ours is the first society that can perceive how those forces operate, even if dimly.
“This means that we can avoid the worst – perhaps by switching to a less harrowing track, perhaps by redesigning the rollercoaster altogether.”
If only we could understand the forces, we could stablize everything. This is why r/K will one day be as recognized in politics as multiplication is in mathematics. It is required to understand the system, and either they will adopt it from here, or they will have to recreate it somewhere else and adopt it from there. It cannot be stopped.
I agree that the Apocalypse is probably still on. Our economic systems and institutions are too intertwined with the world’s economic systems and institutions, and there are just too many trigger points that are growing weaker every day. Trump can fix America, and make the K-wing of America as strong as possible going into the mess, but it will still have to happen.
That said, if American K’s are in a strong position, America will be in a strong position. I expect the post-Apocalypse period to be a golden age for K. All I hope is we can avoid a global war.
The only question now is can Trump trigger his bubble, before the powers that be can trigger the collapse, to saddle him with the consequences, reduce his power to act, and limit him to one term.
I’d bet on Trump.
Tell everyone about r/K Theory, because science says the Apocalypse is coming
