[Travis McGee]

All bets are off immediately however, if an economic dislocation leads to bank holidays, empty ATMs, no gasoline, empty supermarkets etc.

An Argentine-style dislocation would lead to total mayhem and disaster. I don’t think we could walk back from the edge, the way the Argentines did. I hope we could. But I think we are hiding many Bosnia-level social fissures under our relative prosperity.

Take away the prosperity and all bets are off.

[jboot]

...we are hiding many Bosnia-level social fissures under our relative prosperity.

Bingo! And to think the family wonders why I am stockpiling food and ammo.

[hiredhand]

Take away the prosperity and all bets are off.

I concur with your assessment.