The Collapse Is Coming: Are You Prepared?

Most people are sleepwalking through the greatest crisis in human history. They assume every problem will be solved because it always has been. That assumption is a dangerous illusion. The collapse isn't coming, it's already underway. The disruption of the straight of Hormuz, as detailed in a new systemic risk analysis, shows that one narrow corridor can trigger a general crisis of civilization. When energy and shipping break down, we aren't thrown back to the 1800s, we're thrown into a world without modern infrastructure. Our entire way of life depends on oil, natural gas and container ships. A single choke point in the Persian Gulf can cause food shortages, power blackouts and the collapse of supply chains across every continent. Most people cannot even imagine life without Amazon deliveries and electric lights. The loss of infrastructure means we've forgotten basic survival skills. Few know how to blacksmith, maintain a water pump or operate a steel mill without automation. The Haber Bosch process, the chemical reaction that feeds half the world is vulnerable. When it goes offline, fertilizer shortages trigger food shortages, then social collapse. The first visible signal will be wholesale looting of grocery stores in major cities. Food riots ...