>>I want to throw something.<<
I just laugh. People thought I was nuts in 2006 when I said this could get as bad or worse than the GD. People thought I was nuts when I said that maybe the R’s did not want to win in 2008 because they didn’t want to be blamed for what was coming.
Meanwhile, I bought my farm in central Kentucky in Oct. of 2008 as a place to retire but also as a place where I can be completely self sufficient and 80 miles from the nearest Urban center. That 80 miles is a buffer full of people like me.
Not that I expect Road Warrior or Red Dawn, but I fully expect this to end up with social unrest all over the world - including the US - followed by war.
My personal solution is not foolproof, but it is way better than hanging out in the city or burbs just waiting for it to hit the fan. And it WILL hit the fan. The question is only about degree.
If it gets as bad as the Great Depression, it will be worse than the Great Depression. Primary reason? In the early part of the 20th Century, America was still very much able to feed and clothe itself. Reliance on family and friends was greater, and folks more readily banded together to survive.
Today, not so much. Big cities would essentially turn into Lord of the Flies experiments.