Sadly I think if it does all go Pete Tong in the way we think, you need to already be ‘scum’ in order to survive.

E.g. The friendly Caravan Utilising Nomadic Travellers will thrive, until there is nothing left to steal.

You might like this, it’s of a similar vein to your article

https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/would-psychopaths-thrive-in-a-diversitopia/