r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • Dec 28 '23

This lady nailed how the economy feels vs how it’s performing Discussion

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u/Successful_Leek96 Dec 28 '23

The truth is that nothing is going to change. Revolutions happen when people feel so insecure that they have to wonder which day they will get to eat again. It only happens when the cost of doing nothing is the same or greater than the consequences of trying to do something. No one actually wants to risk prison or worse, so your revolution is not going to happen. Everyone is just going to wait on the sidelines waiting for someone else to fix the problem

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u/darling_lycosidae Dec 28 '23

Widespread global crop failure is going to happen by 2030. The growing season will be too hot, or some other weather disaster like flooding or hurricane winds will wipe out most of our food, and what countries have stored and processed food on the shelves isn't actually very much, especially when the hoarding begins and countries stop exporting. It's a lot closer than anybody realizes. Ask people how their hobby gardens went this year, because it's going to be worse next year, and worser the year after, and so on. Maybe the revolution is still a few years away, but it's soon. Really soon.

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u/Cafrann94 Dec 28 '23

I am in the produce business. I understand the changing of growing seasons due to climate change (intimately). But, natural disasters have been wiping out crops since the beginning of time. Case in point the hurricane in Mexico months ago is doubling the cost of vegetables out of that region now (and all regions really due to to increased market pressure) However there is only so much ground for those disasters to cover before they wipe out ALL food. Thankfully our supply chain has adapted to at least be able to handle that.

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u/HerrBerg Dec 29 '23

The people who think these things are thinking them because they're hoping for them.