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I am very sorry to hear that. I genuinely hope that you use the word "collapse" in a more liberal way than I do. I am saying I hope and not implying that you do, and I definitely don't say this in any way trying to minimize or disregard your pain and suffering. I wish the best to you and your family, and hopefully the projections that Yσɠƚԋσʂ has mentioned about what is to come by Spring turns out to not materialize.
Standards of living collapsing is not related to the collapse of society at large, so there's a big chance we use the words in different ways. One way of putting it in perspective is that I've never could afford taking baths. Now I can't afford showers.
I definitely consider a change to not being able to afford showers a collapse of the standard of living. That sucks, and your experience is definitely a powerful counter-example to my experience.
I try to keep a realistic perspective about my own privileged conditions, and I am well-aware that relative to the whole world I am incredibly privileged. But I might be underestimating my level of privilege within Europe.
This is why I'm not personally all that bothered. I got a bucket and hot water in the heater. I'm also lucky and thankful to live in a country with a fantastic social security system, so if I can't afford electricity at all the state will help me out.
I don't think there's a chance I'll freeze or starve to death this winter, and that's a luxury many people don't have. Even if I have nothing, I'm still better off than 95% of the world.