Richard Miller, our UK correspondent, is always running the line hat Europeans are moving into a state of war, with Sweden being the notable example. However, if one wants an advanced look at what civilisational collapse is going to be like, South Africa is an even better, if that is the word, example:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-africa-military-cape-town-1.5209396
“South Africa will shortly deploy a battalion of soldiers to help police quell a surge in violence in gang-infested parts of Cape Town, a step normally only taken over the Christmas and New Year period when crime spikes in poorer neighbourhoods. Recent bloodshed in mainly poor black and mixed-race areas was likened to a "war zone" by a provincial official this week, with some 2,000 people killed since January. Communities in those districts often bear the brunt of violence in a vast area called the Cape Flats, where high rates of unemployment and drug abuse have fuelled gang activity. "The South African National Defence Force will deploy a battalion with support elements during Operation PROSPER," the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The deployment of several hundred soldiers to unidentified crime hotspots will happen from July to October. It follows a visit by Police Minister Bheki Cele to the Philippi shanty town on the Cape Flats after several killings last week. In a crime last Friday that made national headlines, six women between ages 18 and 26 were killed when unknown gunmen entered a home and opened fire. The next day, another five men, aged 18 to 39, were shot dead and one was injured in two separate shooting incidents in Philippi, said Albert Fritz, a Western Cape provincial official tasked with ensuring community safety.