[familyop]

"...a totalitarian minority recognizes this as their make-or-break moment – their time to seize control of the social and economic environment by force rather than individual choice."

That would be a stupid mistake on their part. They would need manufacturing (resources) to generate tax revenues for big government. They have nothing in this dying "service industry" with which to control. As the situation is now, they have their foreign communist government friends to keep their bipartisan debt regime going a little longer.

[callisto]

That would be a stupid mistake on their part. They would need manufacturing (resources) to generate tax revenues for big government. They have nothing in this dying "service industry" with which to control. As the situation is now, they have their foreign communist government friends to keep their bipartisan debt regime going a little longer.

I think they believe once the system is crashed they can "remake" it into their ideal economy. The average citizen is of no concern to them. Throw in a few depopulation efforts and they can have a "manageable" population. The people they're rallying are just useful idiots. They'll be discarded once the leaders achieve their aim.