Yes they are, and that is a definite point to consider isn’t it? Unlike all of the other times in our, (Human), history, this time the civilization in question that is collapsing is not doing so in relative vacuum. As the “elites” are always pointing out, the world is now tightly interconnected. What happens in one place will soon reverberate in another.
Unfortunately that also means that if civilization does collapse in one spot it will eventually do so in nearly all of the others. It’s just a matter of time and geography at that point.
What happens in one place will soon reverberate in another.
So if we finally get smart and start shooting lib/progs the rest of the world will also remove the infestation?