Well, this experience seems to differ. We spent ourselves into collapse. Now that the die is cast, the current leadership have their yachts and planes at the ready, and their unmarked, secret Swiss bank accounts filled.
They can vote any way they want now. They don’t care, they won’t have to answer for it.
Not in THIS life, anyways.
Rome spent itself into collapse, too. And the Roman ruling elites gave citizenship to the Barbarians in hopes of taxing them to pay for out of control spending. History repeats itself.
Well they might have to answer for it if they are still in the country when the SHTF.