2009 Depression?

I do not think that America could suffer a depression to the degree of that in the 1930’s. As expressed by the author in this article, it can be seen that if America did suffer through a depression of this magnitude that society would play out much differently than it did during this time period. As written by the author, modern lifestyle would most likely become more isolated and sheltered from other people. Due to this I feel as though, rather than working together with other people, society would work against each other in a self centered manner. With this I would expect a dramatic rise in crime that was not seen in the 1930’s. Although crime was prevalent, it was not the driving factor for many people. This generation of America is ruled by apathy and would resort to a “kill or be killed” lifestyle. Again, I do not think that a depression this big could hit America again. The wealthy understand that history repeats itself, and understand now the major mistakes that we have done in the past that turned this into such a “Great” depression.