It's not going to happen though. Too many people are in upside down on debt.

In order to invest, we'd have to stop investing in the military industrial complex and overhaul the tax code to be more fairly proportionate to handle these costs. You can't squeeze blood from a turnip and the populace has been squeezed, increasingly, for.thr last 40 or 50 years. We can't just stop investing in the military overnight either, due to the nuclear arsenal which requires constant upkeep, among other things.

None of those conversations are being held either.

In the end, communities are going to be on their own, as are people. People are going to have to choose to start downsizing their lives and relearning basic skills to survive.