Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Prompted by another post but who would The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse be today?
War
Famine
Fuel Shortage and
No Internet.
Any alternatives?
War
Famine
Fuel Shortage and
No Internet.
Any alternatives?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
War and Famine, yes.
Pandemics of diseases even more dangerous than Covid (e.g. a virulent form of the Black Death, or one of the haemorragic ones like Ebola; both very fast-acting).
Social breakdown.
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Not so sure about Fuel Shortage without defining what fuels and purposes - there are several of the former and many of the latter.
No Internet? Its collapse would cause serious disruption for a while but I'd hardly call it apocalyptic. Remember it is only a few decades old; and in some respects although other forms of communications are slower, they could mean much slimmer, better-thought and more efficient ways of working.
Pandemics of diseases even more dangerous than Covid (e.g. a virulent form of the Black Death, or one of the haemorragic ones like Ebola; both very fast-acting).
Social breakdown.
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Not so sure about Fuel Shortage without defining what fuels and purposes - there are several of the former and many of the latter.
No Internet? Its collapse would cause serious disruption for a while but I'd hardly call it apocalyptic. Remember it is only a few decades old; and in some respects although other forms of communications are slower, they could mean much slimmer, better-thought and more efficient ways of working.
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
ElwoodBlues · M
Just to be totally traditional, the old testament book of Ezekiel has: sword, famine, wild beasts & pestilence
By the time of the new testament book of Revelations they had changed it to: Conquest war famine plague
Myself I'm a little unclear on the distinction between war & conquest, but getting rid of wild beasts was definitely a good move. These days it's the loss of wild beasts that seems to signal approaching apocalypse.
So here's my version: nuclear winter, eco-disaster, famine & plague.
By the time of the new testament book of Revelations they had changed it to: Conquest war famine plague
Myself I'm a little unclear on the distinction between war & conquest, but getting rid of wild beasts was definitely a good move. These days it's the loss of wild beasts that seems to signal approaching apocalypse.
So here's my version: nuclear winter, eco-disaster, famine & plague.
Carissimi · F
It’s, pestilence: Covid, War: Ukraine, Famine: food shortages, and Death: people have, are, and will die from all three, and possibly nuclear.
I heard this from Mark Steyn on GB news, but he said it better.
I heard this from Mark Steyn on GB news, but he said it better.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
No internet.... Actually the ways things are going I wonder if returning to slower but intrinsically safer ways may be necessary, for many organisations and situations.
OogieBoogie · F
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