The American Collapse Six Alarms That Prove the System Is Burning from Within

We’re not in a “soft landing.” We’re in the early stages of a full-blown structural collapse—engineered over decades by central banks, global financiers, and complicit politicians who sold out sovereignty for quarterly profits and IMF smiles. The Biden administration may have been the latest driver, but this wreck has been decades in the making, careening through both Democrat and Republican regimes that sold the American middle class for scrap. The delusions are crumbling. The system is losing control. And now, we’ve got six more sirens screaming in unison, warning us of the implosion unfolding behind the walls of sanitized press briefings and doctored job reports. 1. Public Sentiment: The People Know It's Burning A CBS/YouGov poll just handed Washington a dose of reality. 56% of Americans say the economy is getting worse, more than double those who say it’s improving. Let that sink in. The majority of the nation no longer buys into the polished propaganda of “growth” and “stability.” Words like “uncertain,” “struggling,” “unfair,” and “punishing” dominate the poll responses. These aren’t partisan gripes—this is the raw voice of a citizenry being strangled by inflation, layoffs, and housing unaffordability. And the regime? It’ll tell you this is just “consumer confidence volatility.” Bull. This is distrust, fatigue, and realization. A nation waking up to the lie. 2. Jobs: Population Outpacing Payrolls ADP reports just 54,000 private-sector jobs were added in August. Sounds like something, right? Until you remember we need 150,000 per month just to stay even with population growth. This isn’t stagnation. It’s regression. Meanwhile, the mainstream media packages this number with their usual doublethink: “While lower than expected, this reflects a maturing labor market.” Translation: You’re being screwed, but slowly enough that you won’t riot—yet. This is labor decoupling from opportunity. It’s the same play we’ve seen since NAFTA was rammed down America’s throat in 1994—offshore the jobs, import the workers, and inflate the asset bubbles to keep the wealthy afloat while everyone else drowns in debt. 3. Jobless Claims Rise to 237,000—And That’s Just the Official Number Initial unemployment claims just jumped to 237,000. That’s not a fluke—that’s the system grinding more bodies into its gears. And let’s be honest: the “official” numbers are sanitized to death. The real number, when you count gig workers, underemployment, and those who’ve simply given up, is closer to twice that. The Bureau of Labor Statistics knows this. They’ve known it since the Clinton-era redefinition of unemployment metrics. So when they tell you “unemployment is stable,” they mean it’s stable for them. Not for you. 4. Job Openings Collapse to 5-Year Lows The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) shows that listings have plummeted to 7.18 million, a level not seen since the pandemic’s darkest days. Understand what that means: the “tight labor market” narrative—used by the Fed to justify punishing interest rates—is a lie. The labor market isn’t tight; it’s collapsing. Businesses aren’t hiring, and when they do, they’re replacing three workers with one underpaid contractor. This is corporate triage. CEOs know what’s coming. They’re hoarding cash, downsizing, and preparing for a credit freeze like it’s 2008 again. Except this time, the Fed can’t bail them out without igniting hyperinflation. 5. ConocoPhillips Lays Off 25% of Its Workforce—And They’re Not Alone When a titan like ConocoPhillips—a multibillion-dollar oil and gas powerhouse—starts swinging the axe, it sends a message: 3,000 jobs gone. That’s not belt-tightening. That’s survival mode. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Across industries—tech, finance, retail, logistics—the pink slips are flying like ticker tape. The “serial layoffs” that 78% of HR execs now admit to aren’t isolated incidents. They’re systemic bloodletting, designed to protect shareholder value in a deflating economy that no longer produces real value. This is what it looks like when a fiat-driven economy can no longer sustain itself through artificial stimulus. 6. U.S. Manufacturing Contracts for 6th Straight Month—Worse Than 2008 Manufacturing isn’t just contracting—it’s shriveling. The ISM index shows a 6-month death spiral. Factories are quieter than they were in the Great Recession. And the cause? Don’t believe the lazy narrative blaming “Trump’s tariffs.” That’s revisionist garbage. The decline began long before and was supercharged by decades of offshoring, currency manipulation by China, and regulatory strangulation from Washington bureaucrats who’ve never set foot in a plant. Tariffs were a Band-Aid—too little, too late. The real disease is globalization without sovereignty, and it’s gutting what’s left of our domestic industry. This Is Not a Recession—It’s Controlled Demolition The pundits and think tanks still debate whether a “recession” is here or “imminent.” But here’s the truth: this is not a cyclical downturn. It’s not about a few bad quarters or a soft job market. This is the collapse of a monetary empire built on 50 years of fiat fantasy. Since Nixon closed the gold window in 1971, the U.S. economy has been living on borrowed time and printed money. The numbers don’t lie: $37 trillion in federal debt $18 trillion in household debt A currency losing 96% of its value since 1913 Inflation eating into real wages for 34 straight months The Fed, now trapped between stagflation and default We’re watching Rome burn. And the arsonists are giving TED Talks while selling you digital bailouts through FedNow and future CBDCs (central bank digital currencies). Historical Parallels: Echoes of the Late Roman Empire This isn’t the first time a once-great empire collapsed under the weight of its own corruption. Rome debased its silver denarius until it was worthless. France tried printing its way out of economic turmoil with assignats—until the guillotine came out. Weimar Germany thought it could inflate away its war debt—until bread cost billions of marks. We are next—unless the American people start seeing through the smokescreen and reclaim control from the institutions that sold them out. Debunking the Establishment Excuses Let’s gut the weak counterarguments: “We’re transitioning to a green economy.” Translation: Eliminate energy independence, force electric car mandates, and hand control to ESG overlords like BlackRock. “The economy is adapting to post-COVID realities.” COVID ended years ago. The only thing “adapting” is the narrative to justify ongoing surveillance and economic centralization. “Interest rate hikes are necessary to control inflation.” Then why did the Fed keep rates near zero for a decade? Inflation isn’t a bug. It’s a feature—devalue the dollar, strip your savings, and force dependence. What Comes Next: Chaos, Control, and a Choice Make no mistake: the system is failing by design. The next stage will be consolidation of control—more digital surveillance, programmable currencies, and financial censorship. But there's another path. Decentralization. Hard assets. Local economies. Parallel systems. It’s time to exit the burning building and build anew—because what’s coming isn’t a rescue. It’s a reckoning.

The American Collapse Six Alarms That Prove the System Is Burning from Within

Bill Brocius Sep 5

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