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Tabby's Star Dimming Again
Razzmatazz:
The US economy is not a disaster. Chris L Peterson: That does, of course, depend on the metrics we use to evaluate it. I don't place much value on GDP, on employment. We have massive and growing wealth disparity, we have massive amounts of capital being held out of circulation by corporations, we have a significant percentage of our population living under poorer conditions than their parents lived under, we have crumbling infrastructure, we spend more than we collect. By my assessment, that's a disaster. It's unsustainable, and when it collapses it isn't going to be pretty. I agree with your assessment in general, but I don't believe that a precipitous collapse is coming. My experiences while living in the Third World for quite a few years tell me that a nation can be in decline socially, morally, and (for the masses) economically for a very long time without their being a crisis point. You and I have to try to come to terms with the fact that this is no longer "our" -- yours and my -- country. Americans in sufficient numbers have rejected liberal democracy, embraced racism (now permitted to be manifested openly) and xenophobia, rejected education (elitist) and embraced misogyny and theocracy. I don't see that changing. I wish I could get to the point where I just say "I've got mine, screw everyone else." That's very hard for a life-long idealist. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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