[ubercrap]

Oh... dear... lord...

I have no clue what the government might do in the situation...

[DomusAlbion]

All those without a place and who are unproductive and wandering around will end up in camps where they'll eventually die from malnutrition.

[gego]

Look at how the US government reacted to 911; REPRESSION OF FREEDOM.

That is all government knows how to do, use force.

Look at what Roosevelt did in the 1930 collapse; he confiscated wealt from individuals, gold, and gave them paper money that eventually became worth a few pennies on the dollar.

If you butt isn't already raw from the a** f**king that the government is giving you, it soon will be.

So much for all of you who beg for even more government rule of your lives.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'J')ulian's ideas sound crazy, but consider that if you took a piece of land 5 mile square anywhere in the USA and gave each person a 100 sq feet of space in complexes of 100 story apartment buildings you could house 250 MILLION people.

[jato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'J')ulian's ideas sound crazy, but consider that if you took a piece of land 5 mile square anywhere in the USA and gave each person a 100 sq feet of space in complexes of 100 story apartment buildings you could house 250 MILLION people.

[ubercrap]

Wait a minute, are we sure about the authenticity of this interview?

[ubercrap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jato', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'J')ulian's ideas sound crazy, but consider that if you took a piece of land 5 mile square anywhere in the USA and gave each person a 100 sq feet of space in complexes of 100 story apartment buildings you could house 250 MILLION people.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jato', 'D')eclining fossil fuels will mean an end to the socialist way of life. There will eventually be no more government handouts.

[Zentric]

Kochevnik: You ask "How will the US Government react to Financial Collapse?"

With due respect, you might be asking the wrong question, where you could instead pose, "Seeing that financial collapse (as the result of horrendous national leadership) as inevitable, how will the US Government make sure that those in power stay in power, profit financially, and avoid all responsibility?"

The "financial collapse" you speak of, if it is to be sudden, will likely go down according to script.

[MicroHydro]

Stalin sent about 40 million people to labor camps where they were worked to death. Some were from ethnic groups he didn't like, some had been arrested randomly to meet quotas, a very few were actually opponents of the regime. Common criminals were given special priviliged status and employed as overseers. This is a good working model for the US post economic collapse.

Prisoners will grow food (for others, not themselves, they will be the fertilizer) and mine coal. Look for the prison population to come from the bankrupt, ethnics, homosexuals, intellectuals and especially opponents of the regime. Some might be offered employment as cannon fodder in the army if they are lucky. It would be run the same way whether a Bush or a Clinton is in charge. Even if the US breaks up into regional entities, each will arrive at a similar system. This will go on until the population is reduced to a sustainable level.

[ubercrap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MicroHydro', 'S')talin sent about 40 million people to labor camps where they were worked to death. Some were from ethnic groups he didn't like, some had been arrested randomly to meet quotas, a very few were actually opponents of the regime. Common criminals were given special priviliged status and employed as overseers. This is a good working model for the US post economic collapse.

Prisoners will grow food (for others, not themselves, they will be the fertilizer) and mine coal. Look for the prison population to come from the bankrupt, ethnics, homosexuals, intellectuals and especially opponents of the regime. Some might be offered employment as cannon fodder in the army if they are lucky. It would be run the same way whether a Bush or a Clinton is in charge. Even if the US breaks up into regional entities, each will arrive at a similar system. This will go on until the population is reduced to a sustainable level.

[gg3]

As I said in the other topic on this subject, shouting Fire in a crowded theatre isn't advisable, particularly when the theatre smells of wood smoke. What's needed is for each person who's aware of the problem to get up and calmly lead the people in his/her own row to the nearest exit.

Apocalyptic prophesies have a way of distracting peoples' attention from the very real slow & ongoing decline.

I've often said that if you took today's newspapers, climbed into a time machine, set the dials for 1960, and then showed the people of that era what the 21st century looked like, they would think you were an apocalyptic nutcase. The decline & fall is already with us, we just don't see it because it's incremental.

How many people on this site bought houses in the last few years while the bubble was underway? How many people on this site have more than $5k in credit card debt?

Frogs. Water. Slow heat.