rant · moment 17 of 20
The Survival of the Country Is Not Guaranteed
from #192 - Coronavirus The Musical | The Tim Dillon Show · #192
7 min
Tim warns that the next few weeks will reveal whether the healthcare system collapses and whether the election gets disrupted, arguing the survival of the country as people know it is genuinely in question and the rich will retreat to secure communities.
- The survival of the country right now is not guaranteed, and that's not conspiracy mongering.
- Huge spikes in crime, global depression, and loss of faith in government are ingredients for a fall.
- City and local governments could collapse, leading to federal tanks rolling in and the end of rights as people remember them.
- Bonds with family and friends will be what prevents perishing when the wealthy abandon everyone else.
- If rich powerful people leave everyone to die, there might be organized resistance or worse.
- This might be a dress rehearsal for the next pandemic, and people probably won't be prepared.
- The one thing that might save us is that robots aren't good enough yet to do everything the wealthy need done.
- This isn't about Democrat or Republican—it's Darwinian, the strong surviving and the weak not, nature in action.
- Tim is cautiously optimistic only because AI and automation haven't advanced far enough yet.
- Stay sober, keep your mind sharp, and don't be too anxious—you're going to need your wits about you.