Preface

I was dreaming about this weird world this morning. The best I could figure for it was that the US collapsed and everything fell apart. But of course people adapted.

I think when this happens, because it really is a matter of when at this point, it is going to suck for us still alive (I’m an American, BTW)

But I also think we will adapt, and I’m not sure what that means. So this free write, I’m just going to tinker with that idea.

Free write start

It finally happened. The United States collapsed.

After all the over taxing, fraud, and all other closed-door-dealings, the representatives drove the economy into the ground and changed the mighty US into a third-world country.

Many of those reps fled. They saw the writing on the wall. And those that didn’t wished they’d had.

Over 200 reps, judges, lobbyists, or whoever (people were so mad that if you were wearing an expensive suit, you were rounded up with them) were hanged. A gallows was erected right outside of the House, and the world watched as iteration after iteration of so-called leaders swung and danced fancy with the devil before he took them to their new home.

It was televised. One of the last televised events before things began to shut down. There was no money, only infrastructure, and too many were disenfranchised that they stopped working.

Those who saw their work as a civil duty continued to work. They weren’t getting paid, but power was a huge responsibility. Coal was burned, but not enough, and plenty were so bitter from the collapse they just decided it was over for them.

At first, businesses tried to maintain capitalism, but as the dollar was nearly worthless, it was a struggle to figure out what one could actually sell and make any money. Trade began to occur, but the value of a chicken or eggs or whatever was not considered.

These men dealt federal notes, not comodities.

The majority of people created little tribes and villages and just started looting.

Phone service was down. Those who had radios were using them to coordinate.

Police tried to maintain order, but the numbers did not equal, and even police were scarred by the collapse.

The military was supposed to stop the hangings, however, individual identity kicked in and most soldiers deserted if not partook in the public executions.

Too long had some of these reps been permitted to make decisions that ruined the United States. Too long. And once the dollar was finally worth nothing in the eyes of the world did every American feel it.

And it got to the point that the mob didn’t stop pointing their fingers at the “bad guys.”

Lynching continued. Every “evil group” was brought to the gallows.

There were sympathizers and factions and us-vs-them politics however it was more than just two parties.

Religious factions.

Racial factions.

Professional factions.

Military.

And all of these were split as everyone fought for resources.

End Free Write

That was about 30 minutes free write.

I don’t know. This is just what I imagine happening. That being said maybe there would be an invasion from China, Russia, or where ever.

I’m definitely not a political science major, but I think the temperature in the US is hot for civil strife.