Reply #96: I'll be among the first too [View All]

[Nimrod]

Hell, I wouldn't really want to survive it.

But consolation can be taken in the fact that the rich won't be rich anymore - in fact, they'll probably start to die out on their own or kill each other off rather quickly, resulting in a modest 20-25% further reduction in the species population.

I mean, what defines material wealth beyond how much more you have of it than people around you? If there's virtually no one left around you, you are not wealthy. And once there's nobody left to work the food processing plants (or McDonalds), I find it unlikely these folks will have the first clue of where to even start a vegetable garden. Half of them will starve the first winter.