@SAUNDERS @Brianwarden @mhjohnson There will not be civil war, not in the short term next 7-10 years, forget about that, civil wars begin when there is a clear separation of two sides in the country's army.

What will happen is gradual collapse, as you say society will degrade more and more, and it will be on an ever accelerating pace, there will be some issue at some point that will be pivotal for one or more states to start seriously considering secession or at least talks of it, but this is still years ahead.

The system will collapse because of its own contradictions.