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.
“The end times”…
None of those societies faced the end of time. And we’re not either.
What ever happens to the US, the world will still be here. It may not be contained to the US, but life will go on. People will adapt.
But there won’t be an “end times”, no god is coming to save us.
They are just using it as a synonym for “collapse”. So end times for getting coffee and black pepper, I guess. And good antibiotics.
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.