Video: Dmitry Orlov comparing an impending U.S. collapse with the collapse of the U.S.S.R....noting the U.S. is following the same trajectory as the U.S.S.R.
The U.S.S.R. followed Tainter's work,,"The Collapse of Complex Societes" almost chapter by chapter. The U.S. is part way through the book...and has taken up speed reading.
A bit of wry humor on the topic...and suggestions for dealing with it. The rural poor, of course, will see little change.
http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Dmitry_Orlov_Social_Collapse_Best_Practices#chapter_02
Moving from suburbia may be a survival tactic.
Retired Monk - "Ideology is a disease"