Here is where I put on my tin-foil hat:
If there is a real economic collapse, and if the EBT cards fail, and your ATM card fails, and you have no money in the bank, and no job to go to ...
how will you avoid starvation?
and how will the government avoid mass revolution, like in Egypt?
Well, maybe some private industry guy, who is also a player in Washington DC, can partner up with the resources of the US government, and start shipping food all over the country so that people can live in a cash-less society and still not starve.
I think the pieces are being put in place. Property? Ownership? Money? You don't need those things! The collective will bring what you need right to your door.
If there is an economic collapse, and if some company has set up an infrastructure that allows widespread distribution of food, and if the government is willing to subsidize the basic supply of food so that citizens do not starve ...
Perhaps one of the prices people will have to pay is to re-locate into more central, densely populated areas. Leave the countryside. Our food distribution infrastructure can't handle all of those locations. But if you move your family into the cities, we can distribute plenty of healthy food to you.
I think it's all coming together.