I am worried that a complete breakdown in society could happen in my lifetime where no one shows up to work, armed mobs roam the streets, and the government cannot continue to operate.

Max of 6 options allowed. There also wasn't room for "@smallpond is a degenerate transgender nigger jew faggot that can barely do pushups on its back" and the ever popular but not popular "I am a miserable loser with patchy comprehension and worthless opinions, but I don't admit that online because I'm both anonymous and oblivious to my own transparency" (don't mean to insult you, more musing on forum culture in general).