The End Game?

[Soph0571]

As seen in the comment section @MotherJones

Bleak. BUT...

[Cartaphelius]

1. Optimist.....

I would bet that to save your virginity you sacrificed a close "neighbor".

They have already CLEARLY and PUBLICLY demonstrated the effect of

of elections.

Remember 2016?

[NewJeffCT]

2. Technically, it's illegal for the US to default on its debt

they'd have to print money, which would lead to a big surge in inflation

[world wide wally]

3. "We are never more than 3 days away from total anarchy"

John Cameron Swazy

[empedocles]

4. This Mother Jones piece would really pierce brains in survivalist cultures

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5. Hardly likely. The world economy is too interconnected for such events to remain within our borders.

If that scenario was put into motion it would quickly spread around the world. It won't happen as no one could control who gets hurt.

Nice James Bond movie plot though.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. 2007 - 2008 came close

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7. Oh? I don't remember the US defaulting on it's debt in '07-'08.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. good thing TrumPutin wasn't in office then

Try "global financial crisis" in your favorite search engine. The world economy is, as you stated, interconnected. That leaves it open to a domino effect.

One of the causes of that crisis was determined to be a failure to regulate financial institutions, yet the Republicans took us right back into deregulation mania when they took over in 2016. Trump has been slashing regulations since taking office.

Trump likes bankruptcy. It's been his m.o. for decades. It's not beyond reason that he would work toward making the U.S. default on its debt, regardless of consequences.