the principles behind a successful exit from crisis remain relevant. While the specific policies will differ across societies, the overarching goal remains the same: to rebalance the distribution of wealth and power in a way that promotes long-term stability, not short-term elite enrichment.
Sort of is with unchecked climate change at large
Even with the extinction of the human race, it’s not the end times.
And I don’t believe humans will go extinct. We’ll leverage our technology and adapt. Society will change. The US (or even global regime,) might collapse and end. But something else goes on.
But that is not “the end times”.
Similar, in point of fact, the Bronze Age collapse.