Societal Collapse


The Collapse of Complex Societies
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
The Road
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)
Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
I Who Have Never Known Men
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiOvershoot by William R. Catton Jr.Endgame, Vol. 1 by Derrick Jensen
Collapse Research Library
34 books — 33 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDivergent by Veronica RothThe Maze Runner by James DashnerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia (and then you die)
25 books — 6 voters

But it is not just Western youth who will be destroyed due to this madness; it is Western Civilisation that will crumble as a result. What took millennia to build and shape will be broken apart in mere decades. Traditions and cultures that were passed down from generation to generation and have evolved and existed for thousands of years will be forgotten and lost. The rich Western heritage, history and Western way of life will all be washed away within a century of madness.
Mark Collett, The Fall of Western Man

Jeff Vandermeer
The strange, forgotten animals abandoned by the Company live among us, along with their insatiable curiosity, like Bornes that want nothing from the old world. They need nothing from it. They are their own captains and lead their own lives, although there are still human beings who see them as food, as expandable. In their fearlessness, I find a kind of solace. In how they pursue their own plans, their own destiny, I find relief. They will outstrip all of us in time, and the story of the city wi ...more
Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

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