Thank you. In my opinion, one way toward social stability during economic difficulty is to encourage and teach those who are willing to become more self-sufficient. Necessity sometimes breeds motivation. The more self-sufficient people would be less of a burden. A few of them might even start doing productive work for all with new businesses. Competition is healthy for business and the economy.
Granted, the efforts may not make a huge difference, but a little extra positive difference is better than none. And it’s better than so much talk of violence interspersed with so much contemporary entertainment saying that “the end is near” (one example being the popularity of television shows about survivalism and disasters). There are plenty of do-it-yourself collaborations that reject talk of riots (rocket stove mass heaters, solar heating, various gardening sites, sharing of low-cost construction methods, repair tips,...). With such efforts, some neighbors even learn to get along, and we need to learn to save money again (also good for the economy).
We take too much for granted. Especially the younger generations who have had everything laid at their feet.
I remember when Bill Clinton bragged about America becoming a service economy and away from technology and manufacturing. That was a few years ago.
Unfortunately, we are slowly losing our grip.