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All that is to say, it's S/H's take that it's not the initial events that make the crisis period, it's humanity's *reaction* to them. 9/11 (a possible "precursor" event) was magnified because of the reaction. The destruction of the buildings was peanuts compared to the national shock. Thousands died yes, but HUNDREDS of thousands were driven out of work and several sectors almost driven out of business. (What's unavailable after the crisis? Air travel as we know it.)
It's just like personal life - each thing that happens to you can be a catalyst to change, but it's your reaction to them which really determines their role in your life. You could lose an arm and see that as the event that caused you to focus and re-evaluate your life, improving it markedly. Or you could see it as the worst thing that ever happened to you, a true tragedy which begins your slow decline.
The national mood and character is driven into a slow breakdown of the previous orders until a crisis period arrives to reset the national priorities... or to break the order completely and set the stage for a new order. Don't you FEEL unraveled right now? Even though you have plenty does it not seem like a small slip could break the insurance system, the medical system, various pieces of government, etc? This was not the national mood in the postwar era when national unity informed us that we could do *anything* we set our heads to, including putting a man on the moon.
Just ASKING the question about the coming collapse of civilization tells you where we are. Uncertain, worried, tired from stress. Old systems seeming broken and not replaced correctly. Government not protecting anybody although it claims to do so. The question you ask, Sir Griff, is not what great things we will accomplish in the next decade, but what things will wind up inevitably collapsing to the point where they don't exist any longer. This informs us that S/H are correct and that the crisis looms over us.
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