I have said for years that if we had an economic collapse comparable to the thirties it would be WORSE simply because people of that area were generally FAR MORE self-reliant and had a much greater ability to figure out how to, as we used to say, “Make a dollar out of fifteen cents.” Much of today’s population would likely starve in the circumstances in which the generation of the thirties would thrive. The only reason so many do not recognize it as a depression is that EBT cards and all the rest are not so visible as soup lines and unemployment lines. Some of our current idiotic commentaries claim that people who are living on government handouts are not living in poverty. I say that if you cannot put bread on your own table you are in poverty, no matter that someone else puts bread on your table for you.
I think it should be obvious to anyone who thinks at all that we are indeed in the middle of a depression.
Your comment about the 30’s is one I’ve brought up too. Also, the nation does not have the character it did then. Crime will be rampant.
I wonder what would happen if EBT cards suddenly stopped working for, say, a week.