Gouged with "free" food stamps, housing, medical care, phones, education, etc. Retirement won't be much different for the entitlement class. They never knew what it was like to work in the first place. Now the working poor are a different story. The things they pay dearly for--gasoline and food--don't even show up on "core" CPI. They get screwed by QE and meaningless/politicized economic data.
It may well get to the situation where there is widespread rioting or worse. The Constitution has many fine aspects imho but the right to bear arms may come back with a vengeance. Where everyman and his dog have weapons. Yes , it could get very nasty.
LOL we will see what happens. When the Afros, Latinos etc start stockpiling weapons then it could get bloody. The Soviets collapsed internally but managed to sell democracy western style to satisfy the mob, but what happens when democratic countries crack up. Interesting
Go back to 2000-2001, before the first round of big rate cuts during the tech bubble. WTI was around $25. If you have 3rd-grade deductive logic skills, you'll know that money will chase something else when CDs, money market accounts, etc. are near zero. Hence the beginning of a commodity boom. Hopefully you're just trolling and know all this, but I've learned to not underestimate the intelligence of some ETers.