I've been hearing about the impending collapse of everything for decades. The shit will never hit the fan. There is no fan, just more piles of shit.
Having observed the broad spectrum of conspiranoia during all this time, I will say that the one common thread among the doomsayers is that they aren't usually involved in real life. They don't own companies. They don't own or manage property. They don't have careers. They don't have most of the things a modern person in a first-rate society would want. So naturally, they feel alienated and are eager to see everyone else's world fall apart. It's a defense mechanism that allows a person to feel comfortable with discomfort, under the theory that everyone else's comforts are artificial, temporary, and soon to disappear.
Ohhh the Dollar will crumble, the Ozone will disappear, the poles will flip, some comet or another will drop in for tea... none of it ever happens. What does happen are other things (like Covid lockdowns) that don't add up to the kind of collapse you want to foresee. Five, ten, twenty years from now you'll still be seeing the shit pile up, the fan will still not exist, and you will have wasted all that time. The one and only upside for the doomsayer is this feeling of smugness, trying to convince people that their lives are about to take a dive.
It's been almost 2000 years since John of Patmos was eating scrolls, and it's SSDD from then to now. Do something with yourself and forget about the world falling apart. You had bills to pay before then, you'll have bills to pay after then. Nothing will save you from the fact that you have to participate in society at some level or your life will suck and you will have no respect.
