If you are feeling particularly pessimistic...

Then I have a particularly good website for you to check out. No, it won't cheer you up, but it will join you in your pessimism.  After the Crash is a blog devoted to envisioning a future after "TSHTF" otherwise known as "The shit hits the fan". There you can find theoretical future fiction of a post apocalyptic McMansion wasteland as well as tales of people eating their neighbor's dogs.  Because different people post on the blog sometimes it is pretty disorganized so you have to devote a little attention to figuring out who is posting what and if/how it is all connected. Still, worth a read, especially if you like speculative future sci-fi.

 

Oh, and also 1 bank and 1 credit union have failed so far today. Boo-ya banking system!