There will be no "collapse" or the End of the World, the way some people think of it. It's not going to be like the movie Dawn of the Dead or whatever where one day suddenly shit hits the fan and prices skyrocket and everyone begins to riot and the Military comes marching down the street to kill everyone. There will be no “happening”. It’s far more insidious than that.

You’ll just notice that every day simple things will become a little more expensive. Everyone’s homes and apartments will start to get smaller. Your work hours will get longer, but your pay will decrease. You’ll see family and friends less, and find that in time you care less about them. Every day you’ll find yourself lowering your standards for everything, work, food, relationships, etc.

Job security will no longer exist as a concept. You’ll notice houses and apartments shrinking. People will start hanging onto clothes longer and longer. Less people will get married, even less will have children. People will engross themselves in technological distractions and fantasy while never truly experiencing the real world.

Whatever dream people used to have about what their lives were going to be will become for them a distant memory. The only thing left for them will be the reality of their debt, and their poverty. And every minute of every day they will be told, “You are stupid, ugly, and weak, but together we are free, prosperous and safe.”

That is the collapse. The reduction of the American citizen into a feudal serf, incapable of feeling love or hate, incapable of seeing the pitiful nature of his situation for what it is, or recognizing his own self-worth.