What Billionaires Are Doing to Prepare for Collapse

The Anatomy of Collapse: Why America’s Future Looks Fragile — and How to Prepare

If you’ve felt like the world around you is shaking apart, you’re not imagining things.

Political polarization is at historic highs. Two-thirds of Americans now believe the other political party isn’t just wrong but a threat to the country’s survival. Trust in government has collapsed to near historic lows — just 22%.

Meanwhile, the middle class — the very backbone of America — is being hollowed out. Housing is now at its least affordable point in 30 years, shutting young Americans out of the one wealth-building tool they instinctively understand. Resentment is festering, especially among the next generation. A staggering 62% of Americans under 30 now say they view socialism positively — one of history’s most destructive systems.

And it’s not just random bad news. It’s a sequence — a pattern that repeats across history every time civilizations collapse.

This isn’t me saying it. Philosophers, economists, historians, and now even entrepreneurs like Tom Bilyeu are connecting the dots.

Tom Bilyeu (who sold his nutrition company for $1 billion and now devotes his time to equipping entrepreneurs and thinkers) recently published one of the most hard-hitting analyses of collapse I’ve ever seen.

It’s not political clickbait. It’s not doom-mongering. It’s history, data, and logic. And it’s terrifying in how familiar it sounds.

Watch it for yourself below, then continue reading as I unpack the key takeaways and how they apply to survivalists like us:

Tom lays out the same cycle that crushed Rome, Weimar Germany, the Soviet Union, Argentina, and Venezuela:

Sound familiar?

Today, U.S. government debt has already crossed $37 trillion. That’s more than $100,000 of debt per citizen — far more than 80% of Americans earn in a year. Our debt-to-GDP ratio is 122%, climbing fast toward 130%. Historically, every nation that has stayed above that threshold has collapsed.

The dashboard is flashing red.

Tom uses a brutal but accurate metaphor from trauma medicine: the tamponade effect.

When a car pins a victim against a wall, the pressure itself keeps them alive by sealing the wound. Pull the car away, and they bleed out instantly.

America is pinned by its own debt. Money printing is the pressure keeping us conscious. Remove it, and the system hemorrhages. Keep it, and the currency hyperinflates. Either way, history says it ends the same way.

Each collapse followed the same playbook. Today, the U.S. checks nearly every box: runaway debt, disappearing middle class, populism rising, cultural fragmentation, elites quietly hedging.

Tom ends his video not just with doom, but with a playbook. History shows collapses destroy most people — but a prepared few always come out stronger.

For the past year, I’ve been quietly working on a project called the A.D.A.P.T. Protocol. (Also a 5 Move Playbook - but MUCH more detailed.)

It’s not about wishful thinking. It’s not about politics. It’s a step-by-step framework for surviving the transition into a new world shaped by AI, collapsing debt cycles, and technological disruption.

I plan to release this first to our survival community before the END of this week. Early access will go out before the wider world catches on — because make no mistake, this is the launch people won’t be able to ignore.

Tom’s video lays out the problem with brutal clarity. Debt spirals. Middle class collapse. Polarization. Elite hedging. These are not warning whispers anymore — they are red sirens.

History never forgives the unprepared. But it always rewards those who see the storm before it breaks and take action.

👉 Watch the video above.
👉 Study the patterns of history.
👉 Get ready to A.D.A.P.T.

Because collapse doesn’t wait for consensus. And if you’re not prepared to pivot, you’ll be left behind.

Stay sharp.
—George Shepherd