As a society decays, so does their ability to produce beautiful things. This started most notably under Obama, who unbeknownst to most ordered the federal government to establish Soviet brutalism as their official architectural style.
After that, function is in the chopping block. As we see here.
Soon even the basic trappings of civilization, things like running water, will fall by the wayside.
I mean, just look at New Cal. It rapidly went from relatively wealthy and stable but with high inequality to looking like Haiti, after less than a week of rioting...
Most notably, they destroyed many of the grocery stores, so people couldn't get fresh food, which led to further chaos. And blocked the main road to the airport. That contributed, too... And now it looks like a failed state.
Interestingly, if we still had flying boats, the second problem would have been fairly easily circumvented, because Anse Vata Bay in Noumea would be pretty suitable for landings. But because we stupidly let that technology die? A whole bunch of Westerners are still stuck there, lol...
As a society decays, so does their ability to produce beautiful things. This started most notably under Obama, who unbeknownst to most ordered the federal government to establish Soviet brutalism as their official architectural style.
After that, function is in the chopping block. As we see here.
Soon even the basic trappings of civilization, things like running water, will fall by the wayside.
I mean, just look at New Cal. It rapidly went from relatively wealthy and stable but with high inequality to looking like Haiti, after less than a week of rioting...
Most notably, they destroyed many of the grocery stores, so people couldn't get fresh food, which led to further chaos. And blocked the main road to the airport. That contributed, too... And now it looks like a failed state.
Interestingly, if we still had flying boats, the second problem would have been fairly easily circumvented, because Anse Vata Bay in Noumea would be pretty suitable for landings. But because we stupidly let that technology die? A whole bunch of Westerners are still stuck there, lol...