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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5679554" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I think you're overly optimistic.  The capitalism you're familiar with wasn't a thing in the 1790's or the 1830's.  To tell you the truth when you think of capitalism you're probably thinking in terms of America since we became a service economy and turned half the country into wage slaves.  People have been compensating for lack of income by taking on debt.  If it all collapses it'll be the debt that does it.  Whether it's the Federal government, state governments, college grads, the middle class, the working class, the debt has piled up to unsustainable levels.  There will eventually be a reckoning then back to the same old same old because we're addicted to getting what we want now and putting off paying for it until later.</p></blockquote><p></p>