BTW, speaking of “Third World America,” a hotel in a small western town is flying, from left to right, the flags for New York, Canada, Britain, the UN, Colorado, the EU, California and Texas. That’s all, and no one seems to care. So let the depression rip. Enjoy the ride, anti-American, bipartisan, liberaltarian globalists.
Like you, I take the fatalist position. Certain events have been set in motion, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop them.
The dollar will vanish as a medium of exchange. Gold and silver will end up being the only acceptable media once we get past the guns-bullets-food stage. The federal government will collapse, and states and localities will be on their own. The US will break up, and some states, or parts of states, will end up as part of Canada, or even Mexico. Five or ten nations will replace the US.
The famous Chinese curse was, "May you be reborn in interesting times." Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, we are headed for those times.