The LA riots are what happens when we continue to have excessive and racist policing past the end of public acceptance of it. No excessive and racist use of force, no LA riots.

The financial crisis is what happens when we don't have access to credit. Whether the financial industry self-destructs as in 2008 or is destructed by the guillotines outside, you're going to have a hard time getting credit without it. No credit, we'd just be in the 2009 world at steady state.