Nearly half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 would support replacing capitalism with socialism, according to preliminary polling that reveals a stark generational divide as democratic socialist candidates gain ground ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
A whole lot of people die in a total collapse, and there’s no guarantee that what comes after would be better (in fact, odds are it’d be significantly worse). Accelerationism is betting that you can outlive mass famine, street gangs, and water insecurity long enough to get to the military juntas and opportunistic invading forces. All while the biggest stockpile of weapons and military hardware in history is just sitting around for anyone to walk off with, and any country that might be inclined to help altruistically is also collapsing because the world’s largest economic driver just went belly-up, or being attacked by the opportunists who got in and stole the keys to the nukes early.
Total collapse is a worst case scenario; not just for Americans, but for the world as a whole, and for multiple generations.
Always vote for not-collapse if you’re given a choice.
A whole lot of people die in a total collapse, and there’s no guarantee that what comes after would be better (in fact, odds are it’d be significantly worse). Accelerationism is betting that you can outlive mass famine, street gangs, and water insecurity long enough to get to the military juntas and opportunistic invading forces. All while the biggest stockpile of weapons and military hardware in history is just sitting around for anyone to walk off with, and any country that might be inclined to help altruistically is also collapsing because the world’s largest economic driver just went belly-up, or being attacked by the opportunists who got in and stole the keys to the nukes early.
Total collapse is a worst case scenario; not just for Americans, but for the world as a whole, and for multiple generations.
Always vote for not-collapse if you’re given a choice.
Not really. A lot of accelerationists do not care if they live or die.
Fair point. Though it’s also betting that the better parts of our society can outlive all of that, so I think my point still stands.
That kind of species-level nihilism (annihilism? Suicidalism?) is always scary to me. I don’t like thinking about it, so I didn’t consider it.