[Arthalion]

So what now?

Sadly, I think I know. When all of the good paying jobs go away, with them will go our economic base. Even those low paying WalMart jobs that people complain about will vanish as people discover that even WalMart is too expensive for them. People will, however, still need things so you'll probably then see the return of the proprietorship...everyone will have their own little business providing needed goods to the people around them who require them, in exchange for their own goods (e.g. we'll lose 200 years of economic advancement). Those that don't have the skill to do that will starve. The government will implode from the loss of tax revenue, welfare and SS will end, people will die by the millions, our military will rot, and our nation will disintegrate.

My wife tells me that I'm a pessimist. I say "Why take chances, arm yourself anyway".

[RightWhale]

I see the same thing. If we continue to see life as something that appears on our TV screens and in our malls, it is just a matter of time.