“Societies are normally this badly wounded coming out of catastrophes, not entering them. Which means we’re in no condition for what’s coming, and what’s coming is something not seen since feudal times. Everything’s on the table including civilization itself. We’ve run out of good outcomes. There isn’t even a name for what’s coming. So far we’ve only seen the water trickling between the sandbags. Even so, the alarms have been notable, full of entertaining nuance and learned anecdotes about Medieval Venice and such. We’ve had the time for it. There’ll be no time for nuance when it all unzips. It’ll be a fire-hose in the face. Events won’t so much occur as uncork that which has already occurred.” ‘Ol Remus
