As the U.S. economy collapses, the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is going to begin to disappear. In fact, there are already an increasing number of signs that the collapse of society is accelerating. In cities such as Chicago, roving packs of young people are “mob robbing” local businesses, randomly assaulting tourists and shoppers and are even pulling people out of vehicles. This isn’t just happening in the “bad areas” anymore. Over the past couple of months this type of crime has been common in some of the wealthiest areas of Chicago. In fact, many Chicago residents are now referring to “the Magnificent Mile” as “the Mug Mile”. But it isn’t just in Chicago that this is happening. During this past Memorial Day weekend, cities all over the United States experienced a stunning wave of mass violence. We are supposed to be an “example” for the rest of the world, but as our economic wealth crumbles we are witnessing the collapse of society all around us. So what is going to happen when the economy gets even worse?
The United States used to be a fairly civilized society. But now very few people seem to care how they treat others. That is even the case with our own government. As you will see below, the government is now sending SWAT teams in and dragging people out of their homes over unpaid student loans.
So if the government is going to be so brutal, what kind of message does that send to our young people?
Today our young people are facing a future that looks incredibly bleak. It is hard to have faith in the “system” when the “system” simply does not work any longer.
What are you supposed to say to a young person when you know very well that there are no jobs and that there is very little hope?
Most Americans don’t understand what is causing the collapse of the economy, but most of them do have a sinking feeling that something has seriously gone wrong.
For the last few years the American people have waited patiently for our politicians to “fix things”, but they have not gotten the job done.
Instead, our economic situation is still declining.
So now frustration is starting to boil over, and it is only going to get worse.
The following are 18 signs that the collapse of society is accelerating….
#1 In a brand new article, Janet Tavakoli has vividly described the wave of shocking violence that is currently sweeping the city of Chicago. What she says is happening to Chicago right now is beyond alarming….
This year, all hell has broken loose in downtown Chicago. Years of under-hiring have resulted in a police force that is unprepared for wildings and gang violence. Moreover, concealed carry in Chicago is illegal, unless one follows the Constitution.
Tourists and residents have been attacked by mobs of youths on buses, on beaches, on bicycle paths, near the shops of the Magnificent Mile, and outside their homes. Mobs of shoplifters plagued “Mug Mile” stores.
Terror has descended on many of the wealthiest areas of Chicago. Some are even calling on Chicago residents to completely avoid areas like the Magnificent Mile during the weekends until more police are brought in.
Mobs of young people are “swarming” retail stores, assaulting shoppers and pedestrians and even pulling people out of their cars.
The following is one eyewitness account of the “wildings” in Chicago that Tavakoli included in her recent article….
At about 11pm last Friday night, June 3rd, I heard shouting, screaming, horns blaring and tires screeching from my apartment…When I looked out my window to the street below I saw a crowd of about 20 young people…directly across the street from the entrance to my building. They were leaning on parked cars and clogging the street. They were screaming at people walking and driving by. I watched them stop vehicles, including taxi cabs, and pull people from the vehicles…It was a frightening scene and I was sure someone was going to be hurt.
#2 If you don’t pay your student loans you may find yourself getting dragged out of your home by a SWAT team.
You doubt this?
The following is how an article in The Daily Mail recently described one recent SWAT team raid in California that was apparently ordered by the Department of Education….
A father was dragged from his home and handcuffed in front of his children by a SWAT team looking for his estranged wife – to collect her unpaid student loans.
A stunned Kenneth Wright had his front door kicked in by the raiding party at 6 am yesterday before being dragged onto his front porch, handcuffed and led to a police car with his three children.
He says he was then detained for six hours while officers looked for his wife – who no longer lives at the house.
#3 One town in Connecticut was forced to shut down a beautiful new fountain because too many people were using it as a toilet.
#4 This most recent Memorial Day weekend, cities all over America literally turned into war zones. There were reports of mass violence in Miami, New York, Chicago, Charlotte, Myrtle Beach, Nashville and Boston among other places.
If you want to see video of some of the violence in Miami as it was happening, you can view it here. The video is quite disturbing so please don’t let any small children view it.
#5 One of the hottest books in America right now is a “children’s book” entitled “Go The F*k To Sleep“.
#6 A teenage girl in Washington state recently shot her Dad with a hunting bow because he took away her cell phone.
#7 In New York City, one 32-year-old man was recently charged with sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman.
#8 Democratic strategist James Carville recently made national headlines when he told talk show host Don Imus the following….
“You know, look — this is a humanitarian — you know, you’re smart enough to see this . . . People, you know, if it continues, we’re going to start to see civil unrest in this country. I hate to say that, but I think it’s imminently possible.”
#9 According to one new study, the percentage of U.S. households that contain a married couple with children has fallen from 44.3% in 1960 to 20.2% today.
#10 In Atlanta, two dozen teens recently violently assaulted two Delta flight attendants on a train for no apparent reason. The following is how a local Atlanta newspaper described the attacks….
Their “Clockwork Orange” style blitz was over soon after it began. The teens boarded the train, headed to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, at the Garnett station a little after midnight seemingly intent on instilling fear. They succeeded.
“There was blood everywhere, people were hollering and screaming,” a witness told Channel 2 Action News. “We were intimidated. People were terrified. People were trying to run. But there was nowhere to run.”
#11 Federal prosecutors in Indianapolis have announced that they have broken up one of the largest child pornography rings ever discovered. It was based in Bloomington, Indiana.
Are any small towns still safe?
#12 Barack Obama’s food safety chief is defending armed raids of raw milk producers (including a raid on an Amish farmer) and he says that the FDA will “keep doing our public health job“.
#13 In Florida, a 45-year-old Polk County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with strapping children to a desk and spanking them with sex toys.
#14 In Sioux City, Iowa a 41 year old man recently walked into the office where his boss worked and beat the living daylights out of him. The boss suffered four chipped teeth and needed surgery to repair his nose. Apparently the boss was planning to fire the man.
#15 A 20-year-old woman in Oklahoma has been charged with killing the family cat and using the blood as part of a costume she planned to wear to a Lady Gaga concert.
#16 McDonald’s recently held a “National Hiring Day” and about a million Americans showed up to apply for jobs at McDonald’s restaurants all around the nation. Well, in Cleveland a horrible fight broke out between some girls and it ended up with three people being run over by a car. You can view video of this incident right here. Please do not watch the video if you are sensitive to graphic violence.
#17 All over the United States, vicious restaurant brawls have been erupting with alarming frequency and many of them are being posted up on YouTube for the world to see. You can see one example of this phenomenon right here.
#18 From coast to coast, “mob robbing” has become a very disturbing trend.
So what is a “mob robbing”?
Well, basically dozens of young people storm into a store together, grab whatever they want, and storm back out again.
Recent examples of this have been caught on video in Washington D.C. and in Las Vegas.
So does anyone still doubt that we are starting to see the collapse of society?
Sadly, things are going to get a whole lot worse.
In response to a recent article entitled “The Coming Economic Hell For American Families“, a frequent commenter on my site known as “El Pollo De Oro” left the following comment about the collapse of society that is beginning to unfold….
Yes, it’s going to be VERY violent in The Banana Republic of America. Carjacking, kidnapping, drug trafficking, armed robbery and murder for hire will be major growth industries in the BRA when millions of formerly middle class Americans, now the neo-poor/neo-peasants, become increasingly desperate. The horrifying violence in Mexico will become a fact of life on this side of the border, the brutal kidnappings of the Philippines and Papua New Guinea will plague the BRA as well. Formerly middle class Americans who find themselves living in shantytown slums won’t like their new accommodations, and many of them will turn to violent crime in the hope of improving their miserable circumstances.
The truth is that about the only thing keeping our society together has been the unprecedented affluence that we have been enjoying over the past few decades.
Once that affluence is gone, the true character of the American people will come out, and we may not like what we see.
That is one reason why I pound on the economic crisis this nation is facing day after day. Once our wealth is gone, there is going to be chaos in the streets of America.
So what are you seeing in your area of the country? Do you see signs that the collapse of society is accelerating where you live? Please feel free to leave a comment with your opinion below….
Perhaps it is the remnants of our wealth that is obscuring the basic goodness of Americans. When it is gone (or all gone to the super rich), having nothing left to loose, we will band together to take care of each other. Now too many people are trying to protect what little they have.
What a joke. I think Americans have a very inflated idea of thier own self importance in the world. No, society will not "collapse" if the US goes down the tubes economically. I live in Canada, and believe it or not, the vast vast majority of people on earth do not live in the USA, or want to, for that matter. We have a very prosperous, very civilized nation here that enjoys one of the highest living standards on earth. We dont have your gun violence, your wars, your arrogand attitude that everyone on earth wants to be just like Americans. Youn dont have to morthage your house here if your kids get sick. We believe health care is a basic necessity in any civilized society (as most of the civilized world does) and we look at the debates over health care in the US with disbelief. Unfortunatley, you have created a society totally based on "me", and what I can have, rather than any ethically viable principles of living.
Americans really need to look at other societies on the planet, and wonder why others dont seem to have the problems you do,. My God, you have bloggers on here who seriously suggest that the solution is to go back to Christian fundamentalism. Brilliant
We are still ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!!!!
And that means the commandments too!
The meek shall inherit the earth, while Christians will say bye bye in the Rapture!
Who among us is responsible for these situations? We the American people who complain and hunker down. We the American people who choose to remain uninvolved in the political system while we rail against it. There is no "perfect politician" because there are no perfect people. I agree that we should keep money here but becoming isolationist runs a certain level of risk. We are the solution to these problems or we are the problem itself. You may say that it is simply a platitude but the truth is that you will go to any length to preserve your own life but will you go to the same lengths for your neighbors or your fellow Americans. We are in the boat together and we will sink or swim together.
Very nice site!
It starts in welfare homes and badly run schools, where discipline is no longer enforceable.
Read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
She saw it all coming decades ago; and she saw the reason.
Bravo for being a free thinking person. Things will not turn around until true progressives and true conservatives band together and until together they create a national discourse. The government always is putting groups against each other, dividing and conquering. Too many people let the media and major political parties do their thinking for them. The media and politicos use hate, fear, bigotry and Orwellian rhetoric to divert people away from the big issues, the fleecing of America and the stripping away of personal rights. Joe six pack waves his flag and cheers this on.
Finger pointing is so easy!. It's not the lack of police officers, or training. It's not the politicians, either – though I feel they are not helpful. It's the people!
When beatniks and hippies started tearing old structures apart they were right and they were cheered. But the movement went to far and destroyed respect and responsibility. The US people are an aggressive bunch and the result does not surprise me. The Wild West lives on and militarism is in high regard.
At the same time anyone with any authority loves to trample on those with no protection. The other day I was fired with a phone call. My job was cut out.. The manager, a former policeman, does not even have the decency to call me in and look me in the eye. This abuse of power paired with complete disregard for a human fuels a boiling frustration.
The trouble starts in school where children (euphemistically called "students") are spoiled rotten. They grow up with a belief that they are the future elite and are entitled to anything and everything. No wonder the teen killed the father over a cell phone. Once they are supposed to join the work force they find they have been cheated. Suddenly you need a college degree for menial jobs. That is based on idealistic and stupid thinking of a generation that grew up without college and did just fine. But they wanted their kids to get up on the ladder, even if they cannot climb. Now there are no more jobs they may like, companies have money but don't know what to do with it and just sit on it. There it is: No future! Does not matter that 75% of the work force still is employed.
So they go out and take what they believe is due to them. As law enforcement is tied up with the stupid "war on drugs", that cannot be won anyway, there is no law enforcement for regular police work. The other officers are busy earning money with speeding tickets. If the country does not get the priorities right, what can we expect from young people?
The US people love to compete. They forget the down side. For every winner there is a loser. Losers get grumpy losers take alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. A cultivated social society can well do without competition at every turn. But that is condemned as socialism, liberalism, egalitarian, and what ever else.
Thanks goodness I can leave to a more civilised country when it gets to bad.
We have a government that is intentionally destroying this country to fulfill its agenda, Communist/Marxist. 51% no longer pay taxes. That means 49% of us are supporting 100% of the population. Then you have Wall street, big Corporations, Banks, Auto industry and others, the bailout people. These people are going to want Obama back in office. They have all sold their souls to big government for handouts. So hang on to your asses because your going to be taking a trip downward and your not going to like it.Enter text right here!
I'm sorry, but I cannot be civil here when this is a big part of what is leading to the destruction of our country! What an idiot! Less than 1% of the population is using their wealth and political power to earn more than half of all income! Why shouldn't they be paying at least half the taxes? They own half of everything as well and the percentages get greater every year. Jerks like you say they are paying too much? CEO's are paying themselves more than twice historical norms and everyone else less and less every year. We are are forced to pay HALF of all income taxes to pay for troops and bases all over the world protecting their business interests so they can fire Americans and use foreign slave labor to increase profits. I am all for capitalism. It is the best system their is. But the system heavily favors the wealthy over the middle class and poor. Without a progressive tax system and unions to create balance, it has always eventually gone out of whack. Bought off politicians know this but always have included the middle class in the progressive tax formulas to make it unattractive. The top rate should be much higher than it is now, should be started at higher levels and be graduated all the way up with a formula that allows consolidation of wealth (and thereby power) only at a sustainable rate that doesn't hurt the rest of us. Not the fleecing of America that we have now.
USA Society has been disintegrating at light speed for the last 12 years. Violence is the only entertainment out there right now. Rap music is beyond disgusting as are the artists. Yet our Youth flock to these scum. And the Scum are rewarding for this crap they sling. Freedom of speech is one thing but Rap constant trashing of Police in the music lyrics. The police also developing a defensive attitude and more agressive. But who can blame the police they might get shot on a routine traffic stop or knocking on a door. America is going to end as we know it. The only question is going to be how hard is it going to be to get out when everyone starts running for the airport. And will countries let us in, when we arrive with no intention of returning? This is going to be very interesting for sure. I checked out of the USA over 10 years ago and now live full time in Panama. Heaven on earth, if you think I am kidding just come here once. So I am gone and will only observing the chaos from afar. I bid you good luck in this endeavor because your going to need it.
ok people…reality is reality…violence is everywhere…but so is good living, good decision-making, good people living all around us….you all sound like you have a loaded gun ready… all of you have forgotten that the more we write, speak, videotape, upload to utube, etc about violent trends, the more we believe it and make it true for ourselves and our immediate future. If you want prosperity, peace and cilvility, it begins in our minds as an idea and grows from there. Just like one dollar growing to a trillion of them, it took the idea of money to create it and it takes more to get more. Find more violence, believe more violence, get more violence. Find the good creatitvity, good energy, prosperity happening anyway in spite of violence, then you get more creativity, more good energy, more prosperity, etc. Our minds need an upgrade. Where our minds go, society goes. We decide. Or we die.
Does anyone but me see a "Common Denominator" in these reports? I am not a racist. I am a statistician.
What do you mean, 'there's an elephant in the room'?
The most amusing thing about all these comments is that those on the left are blaming the wealthy and conservatives, while those on the right are blaming Obama and liberals. When will you fools understand that this 'my team, your team' nonsense is the cause of our problems? None of us are really all that far apart in what we want for this country, for our children. If we don't learn to work together for the good of our nation, the career politicians will continue to do what ever it takes to get elected; the future, the country, and our children be dammed. We need to throw ALL the bums out. They are all crooked together.
take it to the next step, the left right paradigm is just that , both believe in a different way to get to the same place, collectivism.
its individualism vs collectivism.
ron paul 2012
Can we have a rational discussion here? I believe that what we are seeing is a massive adjustment
to globalization and the destruction of millions of well-paying jobs that helped many Americans move
up the ladder to middle-class lifestyles.
Any sane person could have foreseen this result.
The only way that the economy will be in balance once again is when the "protected" classes reduce
their income so that the "lower" classes will be able to afford their previous lifestyle.
Unfortunately, I don't foresee that happening without a lot of turmoil, or unless the pendulum starts swinging
the other way and "free" trade is brought under control once again.
it is truly a sorry day when the world's greatest most powerful nation gets taken over by the slime of wall street aided and abetted by government and leaves it youth out in the cold. However, these young people have always ( for the most part) had it all and don't know now how not to have it. They don't want to live in condemned army barracks with a water heater in the living room–been there, done that–and of course think nothing of running up cell phone bills bigger than some people's mortgage–every month!
There is a terrible learning curve coming I am afraid.
You are such in ignorant a$$wipe – if for no other reason other than blasting you asenine gibberish in CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sorry, but I think that you meant to type AN ignorant a$$wipe.
The best part is BHO is going to be re-elected, by plan!
To law-abiding citizens: Get a gun any way you can; a good quality gun; keep quiet; learn how to use it. And do not forget ammunition – 500 bullets for many years may not be enough if your community comes under siege from desperate gangs. Hide it well but make it easily accessible. You have the RIGHT to defend your life and that of your family when there is no alternative. In times of great strife, NEVER depend on the police. As they abandoned their positions in New Orleans during Katrina, they will do so in your area. Hope for the best but plan for the worst. Prepare, survive, prevail, or – perish.
The police are no longer here primarily to PROTECT & SERVE, they are now making their new priority – REVENUE COLLECTORS!!!!!
and acting like the SS as they falsely arrest and jail people with no remorse. All the SWAT teams need is a death head on their helmets. I know. I was falsely arrested and charged with 10 felony counts. They came to my house at 1:30am, in the middle of the night.
You get what you vote for and the choices are all politicians so why are you surprised when they look only to their own interests and continued re-election? We allow the Federal Reserve to just keep printing $ like there is no tomorrow. The ObammaCare nonsense is already falling apart with waivers, increased costs,doctors leaving their profession and insurance companies increasing premiums to stave off the government takeover. Riots in the streets you betcha, as it appears to be regretfull it may be the only way to turn Washington around to face the realities- THE SHIP IS SINKING GET OFF WHILE YOU CAN, THE RATS HAVE ALREADY BAILED OUT!
The music ,the movies, All trash now, and the politions ,or lack of politions ,more like a bunch of students . No direction for young people ,and no direction for the Country , all just slipping away ,as the fabric of society crumbles. The west is literally falling apart , while the east is getting stronger day by day. Russia, China and India are set to become the new super powers,and we in the west will have to behave ourselves or face their big stick .How things can change so fast .. !WOW!
The chaos and collapse of our economic system,was entirely by design. People were elected into the U.S. Government ,who were bent on the country's destruction. The cost of endless war combined with the choking off of tax revenue,make it inevitable. The so called North American Union and Amero currency scheme,was not for union. It was for destruction. Wide open borders with Mexico,is all it would take,to make the U.S. an instant third world country,amid the chaos. The existence of a strong United States,stands in the way of the neocon,'new world order',government only for looting-criminal scam.
Sadb but true!!
Be prepared! Load up on ammo, silver, gold, food supplies and solar/generators – it will be every man for himself and all miscreants will be rounded up and put in the FEMA canmps for "public safety". Just don't come on my property or you are dead instantly.
Sadly, the only input I have is that the book "Go the F**k To Sleep" is not a childrens book, but a book for parents about sleep deprivation that comes when you have a new baby (which is very real and very unpleasant). Otherwise, I am not seeing this sort of thing where I live in Western MA at this time. I was sickened by the girl who killed the cat for its blood. Disturbing. IMO, Lady Gaga is vile.
I was more sickened by the two young girls severly abused by their mother! It saddens me that people are more concerned about animals than people. Agree about Lady Gaga!
YOU GUYS ARE SO RIGHT IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT OF AMERICA . I DON’T SEE HOW PRES OBAMA COULD POSSIBLY GET REELECTED. AS A BLACK AMERICAN MY SELF I WOULD VOTE FOR ELMER FUDGE BEFORE I VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN .IT’S SAD BUT IT’S TRUE.
Buster,
When we start refering to ourselves as Americans, instead of hypenated anything, this great country can finally move forward and accomplish anything we collectively want to do. Black American is self describing as seperate or other. You are an American. Period.
God bless us all.
Hey stupid this was predictable before Obama or any other candidate from 2008, this is a problem over 40 yrs old, made worst 26+yrs ago, and outright deadly the last decade past.