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Yes, societies in collapse consistently see a retreat into mysticism and/or snake oil salesmen

For example when the USSR was in terminal collapse there was an explosion in popularity of televangelists, faith healing, and miracle cures for illnesses

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So how long will it be until the evil empire keels over and turns into a clusterfuck of ridiculously liberal and/or fash statelets?

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We’ll have a Revolt of the Colonels before that happens

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But that’s been going on here since the 80s

But that means

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