How You Personally Experience Societal Collapse due to Inequality — Part I

When inequality causes a societal collapse, you also go through specific experiences. People and things transform around you. Often, they also force you to transform. It is a process that is pretty personal.

It all begins with you starting to notice little changes. People talk about money, wealth more. The better-off ones are talking about careers. The rest always seem to have money issues. You start noticing the change among your relatives, friends. People talk about money more — only old people still talk how they used to do.

You start noticing that media programming has changed too. Well adjusted, calm programming about a variety of things is gone. Now there is an increasing number of programs that involve money, wealth, winning/losing, ‘making it’, success, and similar. What would be called ‘reality shows’ start to appear.

People seem to have less time now too. Your friends, relatives — everyone is always busy. Some are studying harder and doing extra courses for a better career, some are doing side jobs in order to make money. Even those who are well off are busy with securing more income. Nobody seems to feel safe enough. People don’t seem to have time for friends, relatives, even family anymore.