The people nowadays talking about an imminent economic crisis are far more credible than just the talk show and blog pundits. Real experts that often make accurate predictions are warning of serious fiancial problems ranging from local to national to global. It won't happen all at once, but this may be the opportunity to show what Bitcoin can do to create a completely new financial system. This will take more than the core functions crafted by the development team, it will take mobilized efforts of users to educate the marketplace of ideas. Are we getting ready?
Umm...with regards to your entire starting argument:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Webcomic_xkcd_-_Wikipedian_protester.pngJust saying something doesn't make it so. While I don't consider the world to be in its finest shape, we are far, far from anything that you speak of.
