"Some societies just don't survive historic disasters or they [are] at least radically altered so that they are unrecognizable as to the society that preceded the event."

That's how I visualize the U.S. during another Great Depression or after an EMP incident (accidental or deliberate).

All the people who have an umbilical cord to the TV, computer and games. All the people who seem to be totally lacking any iota of common sense. All the people who are so heavily dependent on the electrical and oil infrastructure. All the people who are so ignorant of ways and means to anything.

Scary, isn't it?

Sue