==I for example will be growing more and more of my own food as I see the quality of food dwindle while the costs rise.== Couldn’t this be seen as evidence thi

==I for example will be growing more and more of my own food as I see the quality of food dwindle while the costs rise.== Couldn’t this be seen as evidence things are moving in the direction toward collapse? You’ve even taken measures to account for it which makes you more independent and less reliant on “society”. If a critical mass of people do that, it’s possible to see society (as we know it) collapse. Maybe you are getting hung up on the word “collapse” as though it is synonymous with “extinct”?