Civilization collapsing will create two classes of citizens: Those who go on about the business of living, even if only in survival mode, and those who sit around waiting for help from someone else.
If government collapses, all of those who depend on government for survival will have it the toughest. Once people are taught to depend on government, it creates a whole swath of society doomed to death, should government fail, because they’ve never learned how to take care of themselves.
Sounds like New Orleans and Katrina.