Having lived in SE Asia for a few years and returning to the USA late last year, I can confidently tell you that the deaths caused by slamming on the economic brakes has killed more people than COVID-19 has even with the inflated numbers left in.
While many Americans enjoyed a huge increase in EBT and Unemployment benifits, along with the stimulus money, most citizens of poor countries got little aid.
The amount of aid and the percentage of people being excluded, ensured many people have literaly starved to death. In poor countries they have fewer animals of any sort in populated areas because they were already consumed years or even decades ago.
Over 7 years of visiting then 3 years of living in the Philippines I saw no one fishing from the shore of any lake, nor river, nor ocean. The pump boats never have a big haul.
Same thing with hunting. Anything besides feral dogs and cats are hard to find. Here in the USA there are still animals that survive in large numbers because being hit by a car is less devastating on the population than hungry bellies.
Yikes. I think you might be right but I sure hope it doesn't get this bad before it gets better. Seems like this could sneak up on us rather quick.
When it hits, and I am not saying it will, it will catch people off guard. Those that have not prepared will have no time or ability to do anything about it.
The problem is that the majority of those born here in the US, and the rest of the developed Western World, do not remember a real time of crisis. Only those from other places and the very old remember the struggles and how far people are willing to go when their survival depends upon it. We have grown fat, complacent, and lazy here. With the exception of the Great Depression, we have never really been challenged in the last 150 years or so. And when you look at the course of human history, whether by design or occurring organically, man has always been challenged and those challenges can be ugly. Times of peace and prosperity are time sensitive and sporadic - and I am afraid we may be at the end of ours.
My mother's family escaped Russia before the Communists took over and the place was ravaged by two world wars, the Revolution, and the Communist regime. Mainland Europe was also destroyed less than a century ago. Because these horrors have been kept from our shores does not mean that we are immune to them. We have had the divine protection of God - but that protection is waning. This nation needs to heap the heavenly warnings and repent. But since I do not see that occurring, this nation will suffer the wrath for its injustices. It is unfortunate that we always seem to be forced to our knees in order to see the error of our ways. God bless you and stay safe.