Ballsy sir.

People actually defend this mentality? Confusing.

Good ol' Tony Montana

"Is this it? Is that what it's all about,Manny? Eating,Then what? drinking, snorting, f***ing?
You're fifty and you got a bag for a belly and tits with hair on 'em and your liver's got spots and you're looking like these rich fuckin' mummies in here? Is that what it's all about?"

Or maybe its about who has more of (or the most) pointless expensive stuff? Get a rush from the ability to waste such a quantity of money without repercussions? Bah, at least they all die the same in the end.

Cannibalism might happen in some of the already population stressed industrializing nations, certainly in the 3rd world if not already, in the US just the good old' murdering, stealing, rioting, things will probably get very expensive, and some places made unlivable.

Oh well, good thing the United States has spent more on its military then the rest of the world combined for quite some time. Just prep for the insanity and I'm sure you'll have as good a shot as possible of prevailing.

I'm sure that fortress they call an embassy in Iraq wasn't built with the idea of it being used as a foothold for possible resource "securing" in the future.

I'm sure the US plans to pay back its foreign debt...

Purely too many people. Unless we come upon another Green Revolution, it will become very apparent in the near future that we are currently beyond our means, food, energy, fresh water will all become even more hugely important. Just look at the increases in the sizes of the worlds deserts while comparing it to the losses in fresh water, hell just look at the differences in the number of fish caught compared to the increases in people depending on fish for protein. We all need to stop thinking as individuals and start thinking as a global society on issues that concern us all. Things that are important to us all should be handled as if they are important to us all, not as if they should be exploited for the most profit. Not like we need to hold hands and agree with each other constantly, but the factions and greedy bastards that exist just hurt us all. All multi-cellular life exists because of symbiosis, perhaps we should take the hint and work together sometimes.