This recession ain't shit! People in the U.S. have no idea what it means to live through a true collapse. Maybe some of the people who were kids during the great depression but that's about it. We have it so easy in this country. If we had a real collapse, and I mean
REAL collapse, over half the population would starve to death within the first 2 weeks. So many people are so reliant on technology and all the luxuries we enjoy in today's society. Even some of the people who might do ok during a collapse would probably die without internet or cell phones.