Indeed hopefully the collapse described the zombification of America can be mitigated by innovation.

It is eerie how reality can sometimes mirror fiction. Our current plight is not all that dissimilar to that of the Foundation in Isaac Asimov classic trilogy. The current empire economic order is gradually slowly and inevitably dying. It cannot be saved as its very nature makes it unsustainable.

All those of us who understand the problem can do is to try to avoid being destroyed in death throws of the dying order and work to minimized the duration and severity of the collapse.