I've been studying the GFC since before it was called 'GFC,' and had 25 years as a political theorist/activist under my belt when I started.
We face peak oil, peak soil, peak water, peak people; debt; climate change (!?), whether it's us or not; militarism/authoritarianism, 'social incohesion'; debt; unemployment driven by robotics, insuperable political corruption, the return of theocracy; debt; an epidemic of obesity, ADHD, psychosis, depression, OCD, autism -- and did I mention debt?
The time frame has tricked me: much slower than I expected. But the 'quality' of our situation?
Ever heard of these guys: 'Roman Empire?' 'British Empire'? 'Ottoman Empire'? 'Holy Roman Empire'? This sucker is going down.
Remember the 'Asian economic crisis' of the late 90's? In Indonesia, I know, it never ended.
I spent 23 months in Jakarta, as a conflict journalist, during the insurrection, and the parallels between events there and here are striking:
people seem fabulously able to not see The Big Picture, and to do nothing, until some straw breaks the camel's back, and they go collectively stark raving mad.
tl;dr: if not this month, next; if not this year, next; if not . . .
IMZ, this is your new BIO line