All money is debt. Debt can be created, removed, moved, forgiven, court enforced etc. The money creators have all the power. They control the government, laws, judges, everything. If you had all that power, why would you allow everything to collapse ? I guess the question is; what is your definition of a collapse? A dollar collapse ? Road warrior scenario? Or just more money, leaving the hands from this place into the hands of these other people, in this place? What exactly are we talking about? How can gold, silver or bitcoin help? Wouldn't food, toilet paper and shotgun shells be the currency of the future? What I'm saying is, the people with the power will not allow any situation to develop, that may undermine the current power structure.