The loss of the US due to its own ineptitude is not the apocalypse. Regimes fall every day. America is not immune to the textbook, systematic, self-destruction that human nature causes time and time again. The "apocalypse" will occur when our sun starts running out of fuel, goes red giant, and envelopes our planet. Probably in about, 1billion years. There is no prepping for that.

The US will fall, eventually. I don't know when. But, you can prep for that. I think OSFG hit the nail on the head. When the freebies run out, the US will burn. When the EBT cards run dry, the fragile illusion of civilized society will vaporize, and you had better be ready. But, it is not the apocalypse. It will just be another chapter in the history books.