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[–] Carsandsarcasm ago 

Maybe "destroy humanity" was a little dramatic. When this collapse happens, and I agree that will happen, I fear there won't be enough capable people to keep the world ticking over otherwise. This collapse is likely to happen at around 85-90% overweight and maybe 60-70% obese. There is going to be a significant portion of the population who are bed bound, "disabled," claiming benefits, unable to do the physical jobs, and unwilling to do the less physically demanding jobs well. Realistically, the world won't be able to completely ignore them. We will be unable to adequately support them, but huge resources are going to be sunk into them during this transition/collapse. The amount of money being drawn to them and not being produced by them will affect everything else that needs money. It will have the economic effect of a war. Coming through it will be a tough recovery.

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[–] DelusionalHominids [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I wouldn't absolutely say that a collapse is inevitable. The obesity epidemic may miraculously begin to lessen, or perhaps some new technology, shift in policy, or other development will somehow change the world enough to make the problem irrelevant to our economic and geopolitical well-being.

Assuming a collapse does happen, the way to come through something like that is for those who are able to work to be able to collectively and individually refuse to support those who cannot work because they have a debilitating condition which is totally preventable and reversible. Right now, we could easily save hundreds of billions of dollars annually if we simply stopped accommodating and caring for fat people. We're currently feeding the tumor that's slowly killing us. If we reach a point of societal collapse, at that time, we will be simply unable to support the overweight population any longer. So it won't be a question of "should we be helping them?". It's not going to be a viable option any more.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I agree. I believe we should stop supporting now. It's already a bit late, but it could be worse. I'm saying I just don't believe that society, especially as it will be 80-90% fat, will agree to stop supporting obesity healthcare (read: themselves). When 80-90% of the population are self-absorbed narcissists, they aren't going to vote to make a self sacrifice for the long term good. They will vote to continue to stretch until things simply can't be stretched anymore. This then leads to the complete collapse which then ends with fats starving and dying by the thousands on the streets. That's not a pretty world.

It seems an overly dramatic and unrealistic end, but I'm not seeing many positive steps being taken by today's society and we are already well into epidemic status. Nothing seems to be enough to make people stand up and say "enough is enough, this is getting out of hand." If anything, it is getting worse. Change needed to have happened already.