I somewhat disagree with the article, at least as far as here in the US.
It describes a kind of “slow unwinding” or breakdown, almost from a psychological or social perspective, a doom and gloom mentality.
Here in America, I don’t see it. Maybe two weeks of it or so, but not a prolonged period.
If the ATM’s stop working, we’re in deep.
If the cell phones stop, possibly the same.
If you see lines at the gas station, wait it out in line and buy as much as you can.
If a “bank holiday” is declared...
If elections are suspended...
If certain prescription drugs become very rare (antibiotics, etc)...
Any talk of curfews.
Sudden announcements about things out of the ordinary, like school closures, power outages announced in advance, that kind of thing...
A decline in the trucker index, the movements of goods across the main corridors
Oil changing +/- 20 percent or so in one session
There are probably a few I missed.
Some or possibly most of these would precede chaos in US.
Without these types of events, most will just stay fat, dumb, and happy.
This is an attempt to deal with feral Black males:
City Of Mobile Juvenile Curfew.