Many respondents believe the US economy is already in dire straits, the poll found
More than four in 10 Americans believe the country is heading toward a complete economic meltdown within the next decade, according to a new poll.
The survey, released by YouGov on Wednesday, shows Americans are more worried about the economy than potential threats to the democratic system or the prospect of civil war.
42% of respondents said it is very or somewhat likely that there will be “a total economic collapse” in the next 10 years, while a smaller share, 38%, described this outcome as unlikely.
Financial anxiety ran much higher among Democrats, 53% of whom feared an economic breakdown, compared with just 28% of Republicans.
I think the concept is that nothing is a strong enough catalyst for change. The overton window is slid so far right now, you either support all the billionaires or most of the billionaires. If it all implodes, the idea is that people will mobilize and we’ll be executing them in the streets.
I don’t know that it will be enough even at that, but we’re ceraintly not going anywhere sane as it sits now.
But most of American billionaires wealth is in stock evaluations. If the economy collapses billionaire will have nothing of value to extract from.