the only system that can every actually work is one of mutual appreciation for your fellow man. humans are hardwired to feel each others pain and joy. a natural reaction to seeing someone get seriously hurt is a very common "OHHHHHH" where the face scrunches up and you almost look a way but, later decide not to so the full outcome is witnessed.
our brain is literally wired (for lack of a better term) to be more inclined to share, love and cooperate than hate and fight each other. if you havent seen the documentary "I AM" by tom shadyac, you should check it out because that shit really makes you think.
now as far as the thread goes, after this system fails we will more than likely be SOL when it comes to resources. if we end it before we use up all the resources and pollute our air and water to the point its unlivable, who fucking cares what happens afterwards? we're talking apocolypse here man, not "whats next?".
if we stop it before we destroy the planet and the relationship we share with it that allows us to exist, who knows? perhaps we have some asshole take charge and go back to a new, though eerily similar, way of life. or we can have a great awakening among people and realize our true values and wants and needs as paramount instead of trivial things like money and power.
honestly though, if theres one thing buddhism taught me its that you never know and you never can know so whats the point in trying to know? roll with the punches and let things unfold as they will.
i sort of agree with wize, i love the system that allows us nomadic bums to live off the excess through squats, dumpster diving, busking/spanging. granted many of us dont give back a damn thing in a societal sense, we give back something much larger to those who know our story.
we are the few that live freely and by our own accord. no one else, not laws, politicians, authority figures, money, corporations or anyone else tell us how to live. we decide our own fate and play by our own rules regardless of what the world tells us. if some NWO shit happens im STILL going to be all about living on the road. it will be a much more "duck and dodge" kind of lifestyle than it is already but, id rather live on my own than watch helplessly as my fellow man's rights get trampled on. they can take my things, they can take my health, they can take my body but, they cannot take my freedom. only i can allow another to take my freedom. death is simply a release, unless you volunteer it and put it up for grabs it is yours and yours alone, regardless of what happens to your physical form.