The Eight Stages Of The Civilization’s Collapse

The Eight Stages Of The Civilization’s Collapse

Brandon Campbell

In the history of the world, nations and even empires have risen, then declined and were lost to time, leaving only artifacts behind for archaeologists to piece together what happened.  From our vantage point, it’s easier to see what happened, the slow decline in so many areas that finally led to a collapse.  Fortunately, we understand today many of the factors that have to be in place.  Unfortunately, even knowing these signs of decline may not be enough to slow or stop the momentum of your nation’s collapse.  In this video, we will lay out the eight signs of imminent collapse.  You may recognize one or all eight in your country’s recent history.  Having them all doesn’t guarantee that a collapse is inevitable, but it makes it more probable, especially if you have them all to a high degree.

1. Financial Decay

One of the most visible outward expressions of a collapse is the bottom falling out of the financial system.  From double, triple, or higher-digit inflation pricing people out of basic necessities to dramatic market declines evaporating a lifetime’s accumulated wealth instantly, economic collapse can aggravate other conditions that can domino into a full-on failure.  Many market collapses actually have a long build-up.  The housing bubble, the commercial real estate bubble, trade wars, and the loss of faith over time in a single fiat currency all happen slowly over the years and then reach a tipping point.  In some cases, the ultra-wealthy cheer on the decline in some ways as they profit off selling short and feel that they can maintain profits by shifting their money to other assets or more stable countries.  However, that doesn’t always work as assets are often frozen, withdrawal limits are established, or the currency becomes so devalued that it doesn’t retain any fluidity.  Nobody wants it nor transacts in it anymore.

The financial decay is often preceded by a growing income gap, enormous corporate profits at the same time everyday consumer goods become luxury items for the masses, and wages that fail to keep pace with the nation’s prior growth.  Economic inequities breed resentment in the citizens, resulting in high crime, fraud, and eventually protests, looting, rioting, and even revolutions like the French Revolution.  You may recognize several of these indicators of financial decay in your nation.  While it’s not a guarantee of a coming collapse, you must continue to monitor.  Your insulation from it starts with recession-proofing your life. Still, it continues with increasing your skills and abilities to sustain yourself independent of the commerce system, like growing your food instead of expecting to purchase it at the grocery store after having traveled 5,000 miles from where it was grown.

2. Agricultural Decline

The rise of agriculture also gave rise to cities, states, and nations.  Without harnessing nature in agricultural practices, thereby increasing yield and concentration of food sources, nations would have never formed out of nomadic, hunter-gatherer groups.  While weather patterns may be perfect for agriculture in a particular area for several centuries, they can change.  The lack of floods in the Nile contributed to a dramatic decline in food production in the 13th century.  Excessive rain in 14th-century Britain caused massive crop failures that resulted in massive food shortages.  The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, began in 1845 when a mold caused a destructive plant disease that spread rapidly throughout Ireland.  While the Egyptians, British, and Irish survived the downturn, they all suffered through what can only be described as a period of collapse.

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