I recognize that such a "moral" position is totally at variance with what passes for contemporary academic economics, so I don't recommend that any that look forward to employment in that discipline publicly join me in my desire for a collapse. I really don't want it either, it is just that I think it is the least worst long term outcome and offers the best chance for a genuine improvement in governance. But, to paraphrase what Lenin said of the Romanovs: We have had 120 years of financial capitalism. Why not another 120 years?

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."