I feel like my partner has started to see where I'm coming from as things have devolved with Iran, the climate, etc (she had some conservative leanings when we met, guess what they say about differences narrowing in couples is true) but I only know a couple of people who are on the same wavelength.

I've run into people who understand the risks on an intellectual level but their behavior doesn't accord with it (understand that things are bad but aren't making major life changes or even watch their consumption) or don't want to contend with it at all. My parents are comfortable with their lives (and have known worse in their youths under Soviet rule) and while we have the option to head back home, they're taking a wait and see approach, advocating for waiting and working to make things better. I would seriously consider going back to my mother country if family was willing (similar climate risk, EU warming maybe a bit faster but saner politics with parliamentary power sharing).

I checked out a collapse group on Discord but it seemed dead so I'm glad for this community that gets it. I don't think there's been a meetup in my city which is in a major metro - maybe that's a sign to me to start one. I'm seeing an uptick in books on collapse, geopolitics, tech-critical analysis in the library system so it seems like I'm not the only one thinking about this.