U.S.A.= Bartertown 8/15/11...,?

From the movie "Beyond Thunder Dome" Master Blaster to Auntie Entity : "Who runs Barter Town?" Auntie Entity to Master Blaster: "Master Blaster runs Barter Town!" Master Blaster: "Release (methane) embargo!" Will the United States end it's tenure as a super power as Rome did at the end of the Roman empire, (sacked by the Visigoths ) or as England did after the American Revolution? Will we devolve into a low energy profile barter town as portrayed in the movie "Beyond Thunderdome"? Does any of this affect Congress or the Federal Reserve at all?