[StAnDeliver]

"There are those among us I hear speaking of a complete collapse of the US economy as a solution -- a reset button, if you will. Does anyone seriously believe that a government that would follow would be MORE like the America of liberty and free enterprise that we yearn for? ... We can dismiss the 'reset button' idea as impractical and unlikely to achieve our goals."

Speaking of it objectively, Laz, a junta could come from a non-response to a provocation, or even unrest from a black swan event. History is rife with these eras, and no less than de Tocqueville predicted as much for America.

[Lazamataz]

Can you cite the de Tocqueville prediction? It would save me the lookup, and enrich this thread.