Reply #8: Nobody really knows-- this is all new stuff and..

[TreasonousBastard]

past economic models won't work. If you don't have the ability to buy a private island somewhere and grow your own food, I have no idea what you could do to prepare for whatever is coming. I'm not doing a damn thing to prepare-- if I lose what little I have I'm in the same boat as everyone else, and I couldn't possibly hoard enough food and water to last long enough.

And, don't forget that it's entirely possible that we won't have another Great Depression after all. Nothing says that the prophets of doom are any more knowledgable than the pollyanas out there. Everyone on the planet with more than two nickels to rub together is working overtime to try to avoid a global meltdown, and they just might pull it off.

Whatever happens, though, this country will find itself making some very unwelcome changes-- we simply cannot continue to exploit over a quarter of the planet's resources as we have done in the past.