>>1st part: yeah, obvious!
Unfortunately, it hasn’t been obvious to most people until very recently. They always assumed that decent people would win, that elections would be fair, and that the economy could only get better (except for minor and short-lived dips into recession). Most of all, they assumed that government is flawed, but basically good, and run by good people. They ignored all the signs and laughed at the “conspiracy nuts” who “see a commie hiding around every corner”.
How many of these people standing in lines at the gun show have less than one week’s food in their home? Or less than 30 days worth of meds? As you say, supply and demand is a bitch...and she is about to become a stone-cold dominatrix bitch!
Just wondering, are you on Kartographer’s ping list?