====== Glimpses into Possible Futures ======

===== Dystopian Examples =====
The examples listed below are intended to provide glimpses (and nothing more) into the various ways in which 'collapse' can manifest itself; they are not considered 'universal predications' however, as is often the case, events of the recent past (or present) can provide more concrete / less hypothetical examples of what may come to pass when patterns and trends are repeated elsewhere.

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^ Example             ^ Comments     ^  !!Energy shortage!!  ^  !!Climate-change!!  ^  !!Economic disparity!!  ^  !!Corruption!!  ^  !!Access to education!!  ^  !!Lawlessness!!  ^  !!Failed state!!  ^  !!FLINTA rights violations!!  ^  !!Human Rights violations!!  ^
| Haiti[(a)] [(b)]    |              |  2  |  3  |  (2)  |  (4)  |    |  5  |  4  |    |  4  |
| South Africa[(c)]   |              |  3  |  —  |  (3)  |   4   |    |  3  |  2  |    |  3  |

[(a>The Guardian (2023). [[https://theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/12/haiti-crisis-jovenel-moise-gangs-water-way-out|Haiti crisis: how did it get so bad, what is the role of gangs, and is there a way out?]])]
[(b>Wikipedia. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018%E2%80%93present)|Haitian crisis (2018–present)]])]
[(c>Wendover Productions (2023). [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iiny1GrfhYM|South Africa's Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse]])]