I wonder what would happen if North Korea did attack us. Would they devastate the largest cities in the US? Can they even reach the largest cities outside of possibly LA?
To be honest, I'm sort of excited at the prospect of this system collapsing, sort of Fahrenheit 451/Fight Club style. Everyone would get to start over, and I imagine no one would care if I paid back my student debt. People would start caring about the important things again. Imagine not having some report due on your boss' desk by Thursday, or finishing a reading assignment for some gen ed course. These are menial things that I don't feel should hold any importance in our lives. Obviously reading is important, but obligatory reading is senseless.
Now, I'm not saying I hope people perish. Ideally, our society would collapse without any death. I know that's unlikely, but I'm being optimistic. Imagine though, if you literally had no obligations, what would you do? Hike, climb, forage food, learn to hunt, whittle a bow and arrow?
Edit: I don't actually want anyone to get hurt. I'm envisioning an extremely unrealistic scenario where no one suffers, but our society is dismantled.