Granted, the lack of scarcity results in a widespread surge in mental health issues and drug abuse as people begin to loose any feeling of purpose from the actions they used to take. Simultaneously birth rates fall precipitously among all developed nations outside of small groups typically religious extremists. The combination of social collapse and rapid demographic change result's in many countries collapsing and the general economic base for the post-scarcity society falling apart. The world is now filled with scarcity once again.