It’s hard to predict these things, but the trends do look to be self reinforcing at this point. The worse the economic situation becomes the more political divisions arise leading to a less functional government that’s unable to pass policies needed to address the unravelling economy.
The thing about a collapse is that it’s hard to see it when it starts to happen. It’s just a bunch of things getting worse every day all at once. This was a really good article on the subject. I very much agree with its thesis. The collapse is already in progress, it’s just not visible yet.
It’s hard to predict these things, but the trends do look to be self reinforcing at this point. The worse the economic situation becomes the more political divisions arise leading to a less functional government that’s unable to pass policies needed to address the unravelling economy.
The thing about a collapse is that it’s hard to see it when it starts to happen. It’s just a bunch of things getting worse every day all at once. This was a really good article on the subject. I very much agree with its thesis. The collapse is already in progress, it’s just not visible yet.