Date: September 1st, 2026 8:39 PM Author: Jared Baumeister
Every collapse is unique. It's impossible to say. I've always enjoyed learning about the collapse of South Vietnam and the Lon Nol regime, because they show you what's possible. Did you know that Phnom Penh during the Vietnam war was richer than Singapore? Do you know what "collapse" felt like to the refined, educated, elite, westernized Cambodians who experienced it? Do u know how long the sensation lasted? It turns out many states have collapsed like that. Cambodia was bad but also not particularly unique. It's just one example we have there collapse involved culture and ethnic genocide. Ask yourself what will become of anyone who speaks the Ukraine language? What about those who have certain tattoos? What about those who once espoused a ukrain8 nationalist ideology? What's Russia to do with them? What should surviving Ukrainians under Russian occupation do with them?