I'm guessing that rather than accepting a simpler more meager lifestyle and adapting to shortages, the corporate plutocracy is just going to go all Genghis Khan and our future world of 3- 4 billion people is going to continue on with as much waste and abundance as before.

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jan/26/genghis-khan-eco-warrior

Covid 2: Depopulation Boogaloo is going to be a wild ride.