>I really don't understand what you're doing besides splitting hairs for the sake or recreational arguing right now. 

Firstly, I asked a question about whether someone would be unsatisfied if collapse didn't happen in their lifetime, and now I'm seeking to correct some misconceptions about what I meant by that.

>Yes...The END STAGE of collapse is where it ceases to function. there is a whole beginning, middle, and climactic build up of dysfunction before the end phase of total cease.

No, the end stage is the collapse. The events that lead up to it are the precursors to collapse, but they're not the collapse.

As I shared in a different comment, think about the collapse of a bridge. You don't say the bridge has collapsed when the cracks start to show, especially if the cracks can be repaired, you say the bridge has collapsed when it no longer functions as a bridge.

>5 billion people are projected to die in the next ten years from climate related flood, famine, and disease.

Yes, if we do nothing to avoid it.

>you, yourself, said "things being worse" isn't collapse.

>It wasn't a collapse of the financial system, it was a particularly bad economic recession. Still nowhere near the great depression

Yes, it didn't have the full after-effects of collapse because governments used quantitative easing to inject a bunch of new money into the economy. However, if the banks had been allowed to function without this intervention then they would have collapsed, leading to wider ranging consequences. Imagine if money no longer worked as a medium of exchange. I accept that it's not a perfect analogy, but it's the closest we've come to collapse in our lifetimes.

>Hence: we're currently in the remaining calm BEFORE the storm.

Yes, I don't disagree with that.