Reply #12: The systemic collapse will continue.

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We see it in slow motion now and the boondoggles that appear to contain it will continue to fail. McPravda will continue to support the simulation of a functional society as per the dictates of their deadbeat rich owners in order to curtail a massive realization of the gravity of said collapse.

Energy prices will continue to rise on all fronts as inflation continues to rise incrementally to the point that over-tapped Americans will make very dire choices about which necessities they can afford to utilize. Food prices and other commodities will continue to rise significantly, both because of shortages and due investor's bailing from other speculations as they seek safe-ground to hedge their bets. Some will come to realize that the breakdown itself was allowed due to the fact that Peak Oil had been reached and it would be better to have a more controlled and managed collapse than to let it occur on its own.

As the expectations for jobs to appear out of nowhere are diminished by the obvious break in the consumer cycle in the US, their will be increasing tension and chaos in various parts of the country, (as well as the World). Those who have not become a part of the growing and permanent Underclass will become more agitated and fearful for their security. The Underclass will become more prevalent as they increase in numbers before a background of closing business and malls while ghost towns are taken over with a rustic, old-west abandon. Like will become very difficult and dangerous for incredible numbers of people.

Meanwhile, the government well take a more overt, pro-Fascist attitude in attempts to contain the breakdowns in various areas. There will be more internal "terrorist" rhetoric in attempts to justify unrest and dissent. The technology that is in place will be utilized to control and contain the increasingly hostile results of collapse that will be at first sporadic and then chronic. Fusion Centers, in place now, will coordinate the effort while the media will present distorted propaganda in order to shape and manufacture the perception of what is actually occurring in order to both keep the support of the surviving classes and to discourage and manipulate the poor and Underclass.

The upper-class income folks, along with the deadbeat rich, will continue to fuel a more covert, luxury economy and they will continue to segment themselves off from the struggling masses who have been written-off. Private security firms and bodyguards will flourish and become, along with luxury item producers, a massive growth industry. Many who can afford it will also be creating safe havens in other countries or even migrating permanently to their encampments as the breakdown continues. The fabric of the country will be torn asunder and the results will vary from area to area. As the fragile chains of supply break-down due to localized chaos, less and less services and commodities will be available requiring a long, difficult shift to communities and decentralized production ... once the dust settles and the dead are buried, (so to speak).

From there, shock after shock on every front will contribute to the fragmentation of America and a new way of living will, out of necessity, result.