Who's producing though? Not every individual fills that role now, which is something that has nothing to do with economic reasons. Is the wealth still accumulating on a Pareto distribution? This is the most plausible scenario. If so, who prospers exactly? A different hyper-minority, or the same one s? What really makes that a different outcome?

These are the questions I'm wrestling with. A medium of exchange inherits value from the confidence placed in it. If all of the same circumstances exist, even if the specific problems are different... I just don't see any reason to change from one broken system to another broken one.

Just thinking out loud.