These people are at least producing something tangible. We are headed towards the same kind of collapse. That’s why I wrote the book “Going Galt”, to suggest ways to protect your lifestyle. http://www.futurnamics.com/goinggalt.php
The three basics of a real economy are agriculture, mining and manufacturing. You can add building roads and buildings to those three. What we have is a service economy and a consumer economy which is idiocy and cannot last. Too many consumers and not enough producers. Too many tax eaters and not enough taxpayers.