We will muddle through, everything will be fine in the end. We may experience some turbulence but we will come out the other end better off. Everyone has a vested interest in not allowing things to get out of hand and humans will prevail. If you think things are going to collapse and humans are screwed, there are plenty of high bridges and buildings out there right now that would be happy to accomodate your demise.
The US is just becoming what Mr. Bernanke and his braniacs at the FED and in Wall Street wanted: a couple of hedge fund billionaires, a couple of milionaires in Wall Street and rest of America consists of low cost McDonald´s jobs, or ?
And what happens when 50 of these hungry men take $20k from the millionaire? Then the 51st hungry man asks for $20k, but now the millionaire is broke...so he gets shot?