You think this about you and I and "the people"?
Man y'all.... Anybody with any sense realizes they can only be at the top of this symbolically. They can't really run shit except the illusion for a bit.
The U.S fails immediately if the situation changes significantly.
Poor people gonna get nothing, aside from an occasional exception. Middle class is gonna work it's ass off trying to be less middle class (which may elevate everyone). Owners are gonna own as long as they can own.
And shit can't get too crazy because we're all needed for this to work.
Elon or Obama... A strike at the ports affects the whole world negatively, and instantly.
We will be alright. The suffering won't be much different than it's been. Even the two crazy asses know they need the rest of for them to maintain their temporary illusion.
Now, I do believe one of them is capable of fucking annoying, so I'm still skeptical
Whatever. I'm drunk. I don't even know what I'm responding to right now. I'm probably right, though.