“This was supposed to be the financial district back in the day. America really thought they had it dialed in, money hanging out the butt. But it was all just a bunch of ones and zeros in a computer someplace, and when that bomb went kablooey, and the electromagnetic pulse turned all the ones and zeros into plain old zeros, everyone’s like ‘No way, America’s just another broke ex-superpower looking for a handout and wondering why.’”
Max, “Dark Angel”, season 1, episode 1