We both know that is not the case here. A generation to recover from? World moves at much to fast a pace for that. 3 years tops.

Your scenario is just the one peddled by the folks who had the most to lose. Nature abhors a vacuum, and the vacuum left at the top would have been filled in short order.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)