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[–]yellowsnow2[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Kind of a non-serious thought experiment question on how fragile society has become.

With the level of modern dependency on long established conveniences, do you think a modern society nation could be controlled or made to submit solely by a monopoly of toilet paper production withholding it's product using all the known tricks of coercion? (edit: not allegorically meaning fed reserve notes LOL)

I think if they could keep rioters away from the factories and keep the people in power happy with clean butts..... The butt washer toilet manufacturers could never supply the transition fast enough and the people would cave and submit to their demands within a short time. Kinda of funny and sad at the same time to consider.

[–]MagicMike 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I tried to buy a bidet on Amazon but they were sold out. Might be time.

Our bigger concern is people getting more stupid, to the point where the populace can’t run an industrial civilization. Imagine idiots running a steel factory or a railroad. It’s what happened in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where an IQ of 75 is the norm for the Bushmen running the place.