What is wrong with this picture? Not the picture in the linked article, but the situation described in the article:
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/09/29/venezuela-vacation-us-toilet-paper/People who can afford to book vacations in another country, are unable to buy food in their own country...
Money is still available in Venezuela, some people must still be working and getting paid (a guess on my part).
But food is not available?
This is one way the supply system can fail. The Bolivar, the Venezuelan currency, is so devalued that the countries which used to import food will no longer do so.
So what would happen if, for instance, the US fiat dollar became so devalued that California would not want to ship food to the other states?
In our own local area, we depend on trucks crossing the mountains to bring food (among other necessities).
What do we do here, if that flow stops, or even slows down?
Plans? Gardens? Stockpiles? Hoarding is an option for those who worry about such events, but your food stocks can only last for so long, and then you need a backup plan to keep food on the table.