Your presupposing that the American holders of wealth will stand by and let it wither away.
But we can both agree, there is a storm coming.
I have seen many a storm forecasts. A handful have panned out. For example, the week after 9/11, when I worked in NYC, the local leftist rag The Village Voice forecast that the govt would use the attack to quash civil rights. I remember thinking, derisively, "of course....just what I'd expect from the Voice." Whoops.
Rahm's "don't let a crisis go to waste" comment begot many a forecasts of the Obama Admin using the 2008 downturn to crank up govt. We got Obamacare.
On the other hand, as utterly despicable as was the pandemic, and notwithstanding the murder of nursing home patients in blue states and having to say gooodbye to loved ones over Zoom, we weren't welded into our homes or shot for not wearing masks. We all didn't die, and we weren't sent to re-education camps. The 2008 downturn didn't result in a World Government enforced by the blue helmets. Finally, the endless waves of terrorism I expected after 9/11, especially in the NYC metro area, never happened.
So, yes, I absolutely agree, there are gathering storm clouds. But the thing about about those clouds, is they also bring out Really Big Fans that, historically, do a great job of dispersing the clouds. The Carter years...well...that was like green rotating clouds. Then God gave us Reagan and we felt good again AND we started kicking ass militarily and economically. I thought Hillary was going to be President. Then God spared us again.
In my youth, everything looked like TEOTWAWKI. Nowadays, of course preparations should be made and scenario analysis does wonders for the mind and body. Hope isn't a business plan, and certainly I'm not arguing that we should be insouciant. But I'm done fearing the arrival of Godot.
I hope that makes sense. Thank you.