WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back and enjoy themselves while the United States collapses of its own accord.
Also that russia has spent a boatload of money and effort to make this happen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
And this is also what the billionaires want so they can be neofuedal kings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
Capitalism certainly would have gotten there regardless, but there was more than just money pushing it along. Lust for power never fails to aid humanity in taking steps backwards