Reply #11: It will happen everywhere when the problem spreads. [View All]

[Nihil]

As someone upthread said: when there is competition for scarce resources,
the end result is often civil unrest along ethnic lines. If the shortages
continue, this can bloom into full-blown "ethnic cleansing".

The reason why the rest of the world is largely just watching is that
the shortages hit the most vulnerable nations first so the recent reports
become an extension of the well-known "humanitarian tragedy in XYZland".

What the majority of the public do not recognise is that it not only *can*
happen here but it *has* and it *will* again. In the past, the problems
were largely confined to the country (or islands) involved but, due to our
global "civilisation", that will no longer be the case and instead of a
single failure event, there are ripples that spread out and trigger similar
events elsewhere.

All that is necessary is the shortage of food/water/fuel to "spread" from
the Third World into the other nations sharing this single planet and you
will get a front-row seat of the "African plight" ... or become a participant.

Suggested reading for all: Jared Diamond's "Collapse".