“While President Barack Obama has often been criticized for his handling of the economy and the unemployment crisis, which continues to threaten his re-election prospects, the situation is far less bleak that the one President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced when he was elected in 1932.”
I’m not so sure thats true. In 1932 80% of folks lived on the farm and only 20% lived in the city. Its just the opposite now. When the big crash comes people won’t be able to grow their own food like they did back then.
Back then there were no credit cards so people did not have the debt people have now and most people rented their homes as opposed to owning and carrying a big mortgage. Subsistence was actually easier then than it is now. People were not as dependent on electricity and electronics as we are now either.
Your post is about your own created, speculative future, Westward was describing current reality.