Generational theory, international history and current events
https://www.gdxforum.com/forum/
gerald wrote:
sorry I made a wrong choice of words --------
How do the few principled and productive overcome the many unprincipled and nonproductive? ------- force or religion or ?
No need to feel sad, I can understand why you would interpret it that way, logical comment and not really facetious, but true.jcsok wrote:gerald wrote:
sorry I made a wrong choice of words --------
How do the few principled and productive overcome the many unprincipled and nonproductive? ------- force or religion or ?
Let me apologize in advance for being facetious, but all I can say is...... Shrug. And I am truly sad sad that this is the only answer that I can post in response.
Default fears for US government debt abruptly increased on Monday. The fear is still at a relatively low level.Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:11 pm
4. None of this movement had anything to do with people thinking that the US government was in danger of an earlier than expected default (due to the rate on the 5 year rising faster lately) as I had speculated earlier.
aedens wrote:gerald wrote:How do the few overcome the many?aedens wrote:“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I took it to mean "How can the relatively few young people (due to declining birth rates) stop the relatively many old people (due to increasing life spans) from bankrupting the country and destroying their future?".gerald wrote:One of the interesting things that I have learned on this site is how other people interpret words and ideas. Due to different perspectives , experiences , etc.
cheers
And as the young people get squeezed they feel less able to afford children and things get even worse.Higgenbotham wrote: I took it to mean "How can the relatively few young people (due to declining birth rates) stop the relatively many old people (due to increasing life spans) from bankrupting the country and destroying their future?".
And the "leaders" don't want to change things for fear changes might upset "their" apple cart.vincecate wrote:And as the young people get squeezed they feel less able to afford children and things get even worse.Higgenbotham wrote: I took it to mean "How can the relatively few young people (due to declining birth rates) stop the relatively many old people (due to increasing life spans) from bankrupting the country and destroying their future?".
From http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/daily-news/ today the 25thgerald wrote:A gentle reminder that Nature holds all of the trump cards ----- and effects everything.
Nature offers periods of stability punctuated by brief periods of shear terror.
Strong Pakistani Earthquake Creates New Island Off Country's Coast http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-2 ... trys-coast
And a possible trigger for this event --- A solar coronal hole http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/daily-news/
click on "daily news" and look up -- 7.8 Earthquake: Pakistan - The Data, and Genesis of the Earthquake Watch
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/ ... 7S20130924Washington veterans say past generations of politicians would not even have entertained such a prospect so seriously.
That is allowing doubts to grow where investors previously had none. America is far from insolvent and, for generations, investors have bet there was no risk that America would fail to make good on its debts.