That’s a real danger. When the civil society dissolves, when it is largely destroyed by hyperinflation and unemployment, in which direction shall the people turn?
Will they turn to Liberty or Tyranny? Will they demand a return to the Constitutional principles that made the US the exception to world history or will they demand that a strong man “do something?”
I hope for the best but anticipate the worst.
The standard view is that the Republicans draw their support from the Middle Class. If the middle class is destroyed, then the top level of society will consist of elitists who are confident that they can use the existing system to their own advantage (more government helps them manipulate the system, in their opinion) and the bottom level of society will consist of "victims" who feel they cannot survive without help (more government helps them get what they "deserve").
I say we're heading toward feudalism.