Been hearing that way too long for it to be taken credibly.
It’s a bit like all those predicting the demise of Chareidikeit or Orthodoxy for the past 60 years.
Maybe, maybe not.
But it is, undoubtedly, much harder at this point, for parents to afford tuition. And with that increased difficulty, more and more parents will simply opt out. I personally know of parents who have opted out because it was just too much financially to bear.
Perhaps you’re right that the system won’t crumble. But more and more people will drop out of the system… and that’s also bad.
The Wolf