I've been pejoratively referred to as a "Doomer." I prefer the term realist because I don't have a fascination with doom but I take the realistic look at the world and all signs point to a very serious problem.
I'll take the doomer label, but not a happy doomer. It's like looking at a car wreck - I'm not interested in the gore, but wondering how it got to that point. A scientific curiosity I suppose. If anyone suggests I should be more positive or optimistic, they now have the burden to validate the claim, given the trends we see in every manner of collapse.
Everybody thinks they're a realist, no matter what they believe in
To tell which is which only takes their track record.
Yes, it's a denigrative term. Ok doomer is pretty much like ok boomer.
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Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.
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