... Americans just might have to live through several hundred years of another 'Dark Ages' era before whatever society replaces the United States of America finally rises and gives birth to this new economy Obama speaks of, however.
That ought to be right around the time that new society's archaeologists discover the remains of our culture like lost citizens of Pompeii, only with us wearing hockey gear, rabbit pelts, and our skeletons found in poses as if we were strangling one another as we were being covered by volcanic ash.