i don´t think the same scenario will happen in germany, we are for sure conected withe the american and world finance system. but, for example we builded a house 2 years ago and of cause needed money from the bank....when in america the s.... happens with the houses and the banks, we asked our bank if they did the same here... they don´t
(volks und raiffaisen bank) some other german banks did....
i do have the feeling that the gap betwen rich and poor will get bigger and bigger, and the middle class seperates in one of the parts, and the hole society is changing, like "ghettos" for the rich and the poor, you can see them already in the cities. and big brother police state like it is already in england. to control all this. the germans love it save and pünktlich ( on time) ....
here on the contryside, it is quite relaxed, the have there "schäfchen im trockenen"