RetroFed Forum
Your home away from modern life.
If everyone on the world became ultra-obedient and started following every single rule set by bureaucrats, how log would it take for civilization to collapse?
Post Reply
AuthorMessage
A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
Quote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule

21   Original
deadbeef79000 lemmy.nz deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-17
#2 · Quote Reply

Almost immediately. Everyone following the speed limit would instantly enrage enough drivers that we'd be in The Purge territory.

Seriously though? I'm not sure if would. There'd be some unhappy executives, directors, and eventually shareholders but that's about it.

13
Walters, Fern bookwyr.me waltersf@bookwyr.me
Joined: 2026-08-23
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

😮‍💨 you’ll get a gaslight red scare

People need to be historicallly conscious to effectively react when the state redecides to carpet your bloc.

3
AwesomeLowlander sh.itjust.works AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-07-12
#4 · Quote Reply

Almost immediately. Everyone following the speed limit would instantly enrage enough drivers that we'd be in The Purge territory. Seriously though? I'm not sure if would. There'd be some unhappy executives, directors, and eventually shareholders but that's about it.

If every driver was following the speed limit, they wouldn't be enraged. Only the rich folks with drivers.

9
Comrade_Spood quokk.au Comrade_Spood@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-09-20
#5 · Quote Reply

Considering how much the US relies on undocumented immigrants and prison labor (read slave labor), the US would certainly hurt. There's plenty more stuff to consider as well that would likely add to a collapse, but this is the biggest impact I can think of.

5
Post Reply
Back to top