The thing is; there won't be a "the Event" there will only be a long emergency and it's already in progress. Systems won't fail all at once and new temporary sy

The thing is; there won't be a "the Event" there will only be a long emergency and it's already in progress. Systems won't fail all at once and new temporary systems will be built as things change. But if these fools think that that they will be able to keep their power and influence by doing the same things that made them wealthy they will be an amusing and schadenfreude inducing sideshow that most people will barely notice because they're too busy figuring out how to beat the heat. The way to survive the transitions we are facing now is not to use today's wealth and influence to make yourself a warlord of a post-apocalyptic desert. It's to build cooperative societies that can make deserts bloom in difficult places and provide shelter from the storms to come. You cannot expect to maintain effective technologically adept societies by fear and coercion. You must be able to offer hope and inspiration if you want assistance of any level of cognitive complexity.