Not at all. I'm bored with your inclusion of, "as a continent" and the direction you think you could take the discussion--you're parochial. And feel free, if that statement confuses you, flies over your head (pun intended), to call it the day's riddle.
That's the BEST many of us can hope for... that the financial/social SHTF doesn't occur until after we're gone. Unfortunately, A-Hole Odumbo upped the time table a whole lot.