The breakdown is happening anyway. without the demands of protest and violence the nation has been redistributing so much to the nonproductive that there are no real asets left to redistribute. The country is broke and there is nothing left to collapse. The real collapse has already happened. The government is just blowing as much air into it as possible to keep the appearance of survival .
I concur. What we have now is the elite sucking up as much wealth, land, and assets as possible as they retreat to their well guarded fortresses, islands, and gated communities.
I'm cynical enough to wonder if the goal of the puppet masters is a culling of the world population.