Mechanize.
Oh I know, “We don’t have the harvesting machines for this crop”.
That’s true only because there has been no real motivation to design and produce them since illegal alien labor is cheap and abundant.
Once machines make more economic sense than quasi-slavery they will be produced and purchased.
Who harvest wheat with a hand held scythe anymore?.
Is anyone still commercially picking cotton by hand in this country?
Innovation and engineering, an area where the U.S. led before PC and the welfare state.
I agree with you, Mechanize!
I also must admit that the more you mechanize or automate a process the less you need a human body for. And that of course means fewer people working and earning an income.
So where do those unemployed go for even a minimal amount of money to live on. Why the Government of course. And the Government gets its money through taxes from the people who own the businesses or are fortunate enough to have a job in those businesses.
And so it goes... In many ways Government having entered into the social contract starting with Social Security and Welfare has started an avalanche that will end up destroying or burying anyone or anything in its path.
And no, I don’t have an answer either... Just do what you can to prepare for when TSHTF.