Reply #9: I would agree with you except

[Uncle Joe]

the corporate media is in the pocket of the Republicans and visa-versa and I have no doubt that should such a thing as you describe happen, as to which party or ideology will get the lion's share of the blame and it won't be the corporate supremacist, Republicans.

My own belief is that should a sudden collapse happen, the extremists; (Tea Party) will become even more empowered than they are now, their ilk preys and thrives on the passions of the people and I have lost any faith the corporate media under such circumstances would seriously attempt or be able to elevate reason and logic over emotion.

The expansion of the for profit prison industry suits the needs of the type of situation you describe, to house the American People when it all hits the fan, supporting a 21st century version of slavery as a means of cheap labor to help maintain the status quo, for as long as possible.

That's what the so called "War on Drugs" combined with ever decreasing tax cuts for the mega-wealthy was/is about a one/two punch at the power of people, the former by disenfranchising the people from their government and the latter by starving the peoples' elected representative government from being able to champion the peoples' justified causes and protect them from corporate abuse.

Thanks for the thread, nadinbrzezinski.