@cstross @Remittancegirl @logomancer @jzillw the way I was putting it to friends recently was that one of the USA's major exports was a stable economic playground for the wealthy of other nations to play in (and the threat of force to keep that system running). The mask is off now, and trust in that system isn't coming back.
That system was doing a lot of people a massive disservice, but I don't see "massive power vacuum" + "cut social programs and unleash the Gestapo" as an actual improvement.