Point taken. Collapse includes decline but decline doesn't necessarily lead to collapse. That said, collapse is really just decline that happened too fast. Dec

Point taken. Collapse includes decline but decline doesn't necessarily lead to collapse. That said, collapse is really just decline that happened too fast. Decline appears to be caused by a handful of factors. In the event that too many factors are in play at once collapse becomes inevitable. You could say the the US / Western civilization is the rebirth of the Roman Empire (Rome 2.0). If you look at the historical accounting of the [1] Roman collapse it is frighteningly similar to the issues US is facing at the moment. However, it is possible that societies are doomed to the 4 stages of [2] Strauss-Howe generational theory of cyclical repetitions with an inability to ever break free of it. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse#Demographic_dynamics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse#Demographi... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generat...