The whole thing is a charade at this point. I only wish there were a way to predict when the collapse will actually come and what will actually set it off.
Pretty good guess: when Republicans take over.
Remember, Democrats & Media (but I repeat myself) have fully anaesthetized themselves to whatever is wrong today.
The very millisecond Republicans take charge, every Democrat will suddenly remember every ache & pain they've ever felt, and blame it on Republicans.
The cacophony will be so loud that panic will set in, and collapse soon follow.
Dems will then use the "Republican collapse" to get themselves reelected.
Question: how smart do you have to be, to figure this all out?
Here's the way I look at it:
The collapse is already here. It is taking extreme manipulation to prop up the US and global economy. In the US, social norms have broken down, our freedoms have been curtailed, and how our money is allocated is manipulated. It's become near impossible for individuals to prepare for the future.
It's a tenet of Chaos Theory that the longer and more extremely the natural ebb and flow of events is manipulated out of occurance, the more extreme the events will become when they occur. When that happens, no manipulations or controls will work, and you'll get chaos. When the problem goes tangental, that is spins out of control, all sorts of things will collapse.
Am I making any sense? My math mind sees tangent curves off to meet their asymptotes, not sine curves naturally drawn toward stability.
My form of preparation has become more simplified. I'd like to be prepared to be able to stay house bound for perhaps even a few months if there's a breakdown of our support systems.