If it doesn't, well, American society has already bred the perfect group of shock-wave troops: a bunch of dead-eyed, lives paused, waiting for an apocalypse that never came Gen Xrs who will dub their explosive-laden waistcoat's "retirement vests." They're tech-savvy, they've waited for killer bees, land invasions, acid rain, nuclear war, and watched the low-risk sex of their elders transform into a high-stakes gamble at a lingering death. They remember 9/11 and Ruby Ridge. They won't factor into any threat profile because everyone forgets they even exist. They waited dutifully for the Boomers to retire only for 2008 to put a big hold on that, and the Millennials just climbed over them on the ladder. If that quote about "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats" rang true for a group, that's the one I'd pick. Probably the last bunch you'd want to ditch Social Security on.