Breaking Down: Collapse Daily Episode 133 - US Gamble on the Strait of Hormuz
Mar 17, 2026
A look at how a Strait of Hormuz closure ripples through global trade, insurance and shipping routes. Coverage of maritime postures, naval constraints and the geopolitical calculations at play. Exploration of fertilizer bottlenecks, planting risks and the potential for delayed food price shocks. Notes on environmental damage from spills and how those harms unfold over months.
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Collapse Is A Slow Unfolding Process
- Collapse is a long process rather than a single event causing overnight apocalypse.
- Kory explains people predict a final year repeatedly, but historical decline usually unfolds over years or decades with scattered endpoints.
Use Gratitude And Presence To Cope
- Practice gratitude and presence to cope with ongoing decline and uncertainty.
- Kory highlights commenters who recommend appreciating current comforts while accepting future loss as a practical coping method.
Hormuz Can Cascade Big Economic Damage
- The Strait of Hormuz blockade can cause large cascading economic effects without being an existential collapse trigger.
- Kory warns of lingering supply-chain, energy, and price impacts that could persist even if the strait reopens.