Case in point: Germany had hyperinflation as its currency collapsed. But in a relatively short period of time later, with the rise of Nazism, Germany rose to have the most powerful Leviathan in the world. Thinking US power is on its last legs, and that the dollar collapsing would be some amazing celebratory moment, as opposed to a dark moment with potentially dark and existential consequences to the whole world is another wacky article of faith.