What Do I Do to Survive the Economic Collapse of the U.S. in This Crisis?
The country south of us is breaking. Not with a bang but with tariffs, politics, and paper money swelling like bad bread. The middle class doesn’t get to steer the boat. It gets to row or drown. You’re in Canada, and that is both your shelter and your test.
First: do not panic. Panic is for the rich who lose status, and for the poor who have nothing left to lose. The middle class has just enough to worry, and that worry is your edge.
Second: cash lies. Inflation eats it. Trust no number that isn’t tied to land, skill, or muscle. You hold it, or you don’t. Forget stocks unless you control them. Forget crypto unless you can sell it fast. Forget U.S. bonds—they’re promissory notes from a ship that’s on fire.
Third: buy something that feeds you. A house with a plot. A share in a co-op farm. A tool that makes things you can trade. Land can flood, but it does not vanish. If you can’t buy land, make yourself part of someone else's who did.
Fourth: do what cannot be automated. Be hard to replace. Speak three languages. Fix broken things. Treat sick animals. Code cleanly. Know law. Read contracts. Teach well. Run a kitchen or a clinic with the lights out.
Fifth: watch the border. If the U.S. breaks openly—if banks shut or cities riot—the wave will come north. Not fire, but capital. Wealth will run here like water in a flood. That means your rent will rise. Your groceries will rise. Your silence will be bought. But if you saw it early, you can be ready.
Sixth: remember the middle class has one advantage—memory. It knows what came before and how things are supposed to work. Use that. Stay calm when they forget. Teach your children how to boil water, read maps, and listen without speaking.
Seventh: keep friends with your hands in the soil, and your eyes on the ledgers. You will need both. Talk less. Work more. Make your home warm, even if the world grows cold.
Final line, for those who hear it clearly:
The storm is not personal. But survival is. Keep your boots dry, your debts low, and your neighbours close. If you are middle class, your future is not to escape the lifeboat—but to build it.
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