How would Americans respond to "Greek like" austerity?

[jeanpalmer]

35. There would have to be a collapse of the economy

and jobs for dissent to reach a critical threshhold. Probably 30% unemployment. That's why the Fed is furiously trying to inflate this thing again just to avoid that possibility.

So long as unemployment remains in the 15%-20% range, the policy makers and media will be successful in marginalizing any dissent. Just like they've done with OWS, who are portrayed as a bunch of lefty cranks.

The young where unemployment is 45% in the 17-29 age group offer fertile ground for mass dissent. But they have no where to turn for organization and support. Neither party supports them.

If there is dissent on a large scale, it will be crushed, like in Egypt and Syria. Make no mistake about. The establishment will not tolerate that kind of threat. And will use any means to crush it. Think back to the anti-war movement of the late '60's early '70's. It was huge and well-organized. But the establishment did not tolerate it, used "law and order" to suppress it. Same thing would happen now. Resisters would be branded as criminals. NATO would not fund freedom fighters or resistance groups in the US or seek regime change no matter how brutal the US regime became.