If we are lucky, the catastrophic collapse comes via a sudden interruption in oil supplies which lays the foundation for a new power coalition that breaks the hold of US oil producers on national political power.

If it comes in some nuclear gambit, that would suck in a real big way.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.