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In the year 1999 nihilist terrorist cells in cities across the United States initiate project mayhem. In one fell swoop (I forget how many, between 5 and 10) of the largest credit card companies and banks are destroyed. Wiping the debt clear and leaving a majority of citizens with a blank slate. I'll just say 90% of Americans to keep it simple. I'm also going a part to the plan where the members of the fight clubs use homemade napalm to set major cities ablaze, but without utilities or public employees no one is there to stop them.
My prediction is almost complete anarchy. The government would have to default on it's debts and the very idea of money would collapse. There would be no military to enforce marshal law because the government would have nothing to pay them with. China would take a nosedive almost as bad as America's and North Korea would invade South Korea.