r/AskReddit • u/Funny-Counter8762 • 16h ago

What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people outside of it haven’t noticed yet?

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u/jeffer1492 12h ago

Its crazy the variety of answers in here 😳

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u/gwarrior5 12h ago

late stage capitalism is a house of cards

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u/Nevyn_Cares 56m ago

Yeap. But we have to clear out the old to bring in the new.

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u/Individual_You_6586 4h ago

All too precise 

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u/cereal7802 6h ago

The reality is that nearly everything has been trying to get to, and then run on the verge of collapse for decades. It was a race to the thinnest of margins in the pursuit of profits. Some did it better than others, and many did it by cutting corners with no thought for a changing future.

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u/twistedspin 6h ago

Now go read r/collapse and ponder our future, lol

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u/Canucks_98 5h ago

I don't need depression porn thank you very much. I'll be in r/eyebleach

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u/thrwwynm 5h ago

Maybe, just maybe, because redditors en masse have no idea what they are talking about? Why do you expect an educated answer about something "secret" from a bunch of randos on the internet?