The economic meltdown version of Godwin's law clearly seems to be when someone suggests buying gold and weapons. Often even with the requisite response: why a gun instead of a pistol?
For an account (previously on HN a few times) from someone in Argentina who really went through total currency meltdown:
I won't even mention who Godwin's law refers to, but I'd like to point out that they were alive at some point. By the same token, shit-hits-fan scenarios are awful and usually warnings are false alarms, but they happen. I don't think that doesn't mean we can't talk about them without getting into a flame war. I think HN is civilized enough to address these topics once in a while and come up with an interesting discussion.
For an account (previously on HN a few times) from someone in Argentina who really went through total currency meltdown:
http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ub...