The collapse of society?

[Scar Face]

I'm a little distracted right now because I'm watching a video, so I'm going to keep this brief/probably not explain what I'm trying to say properly. Alright: The economy is doing horribly, many think we are on the brink of the greatest depression ever. Our societies have a lot of contentions between them. Lower and upper class, Hispanic immigrants and native American citizens, Muslims in Europe...yada yada. Tons of problems across the West and outside of it, with a lot of social and economic problems. A lot of States in America are now distancing themselves from the Federal Government.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8La5xLYo2-s

Kind of an interesting video [though brief] about potential possibilities in the future. What do you think? Social unrest, economic collapse? What of the lack of oil? Can our societies- can Civilization- survive a collapse in the next decade, two, or three?

No matter what way you splice it "the end of prosperity" seems more and more to be the end of peace and Civilization. Mind you I'm a pessimist.

Edit: It seems Siblez has had a lot of an influence on my thoughts on the future.

[Barry Goldwater]

I am preparing for Fallout as we speak



But seriously, I doubt society will collapse within 30 years...100 or 200 would be a much more likely guess That or we turn into Idiocracy, although if that ever comes to pass in my lifetime, I am positively nuking this planet and wiping out the human race

[JP226]

We're always on the brink, such is the nature of civilization.