&gt;They&#x27;re also guaranteed by the federal government, which has seemingly infinite resources.<p>IMO That resource is GDP.  If American&#x27;s can&#x27;t find meaningful work that has financial value not just domestically, but internationally, we&#x27;ll see how much of that resource is left after a few decades.  Or more accurately, we&#x27;ll see a VERY tiny percentage of Americans with vast wealth and the majority struggling for subsistence because the government has essentially been deactivated due to lack of funds.