Maelstradamus

[mael]

[SeaMonkey]

Your observations/analysis regarding the state of the world is quite accurate.

Very uncomfortable for most to think about or acknowledge.

Nothing is as it seems.

[van]

Kia ora Mael

Given the current financial turmoil on the horizon I wonder if there will be any Nations left who can impose sanctions and trade restrictions in the near future?

Likewise I do not foresee the drop of oil to $50 a barrel as denying revenue to the producer. I seem to recall Venezuela regarding the price of oil at $50-60 sufficient to extract its heavy tar oils for refining.

Those who are more familiar with what took place during the last Depression may have a better idea as to what to expect.

[AlaskaStar]

I'm sorry, but the last depression was NOTHING compared to the one we have the strong possibility of facing. Our future depression looks more like cardiac arrest coupled with 3 strokes and a super heart attack, and the last one was a severe case of pneumonia mixed with typhoid and muscular dystrophy.

Why?

Simple. The last great depression was survivable because most countries were still growing and largely agricultural based societies. Wood was the primary source of heat for the home, horses were transportation, not pleasure craft. Food was grown, and everyone knew someone that worked or owned a farm.

The socio-economic changes that have occurred since, include but are not limited to an infrastructure for everything from food to flushable toilets. If the water stops flowing, and the toilet stops flushing, people are going to panic. If the power goes out indefinitely, and fuel can't be bought for any price, people will riot. Panic will ensue, and the "Law of the Gun" will take place. Barter will be worth more than that cotton wad called MONEY.

So with an aging infrastructure, that is cobbled together as needs have been filled, we face a challenge to be seriously reckoned with. So to prevent this from occurring is impossible, to survive it will be tough, and maybe the government WANTS this to occur, because it would require SOCIALISM, and FASCISM to fill the gaps and feed the people.

We then become slaves to the government, simply to stay alive.

The ultimate power corruption out of control....and BILLIONS of people as slaves. Eventually we will be in the same place as ancient Rome.

The next great depression will occur much like the people in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings: The ones that died in the blast were the lucky ones.

The rest suffered their lives to their last breath. The slaves of the future shall not forget. Their offspring shall soon forget, and the cycle repeats......

History repeats itself for a god reason. Our life spans are too short to bear witness to the blundering of humans, over a great deal of time.

AlaskaStar

[van]

Kia ora Star

I am inclined to agree with you wholeheartedly! Being a new arrival I didn't want to stir the pot too much. Much of what I grew up with, growing your own, making do, is lost on those of a younger generation. It is one of the things that I have enjoyed while reading various posts on this forum, the sheer bloodymindedness of those who persevere in trying to make things work.

The ability to sit back when something is not working according to plan and the time spent trying to figure out WHY?is by and large absent. The old adage "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again" seems to be alive and well here, whereas in the rest of the world "F!@#$ it doesn't work!" accompanied by walking away
A wakeup call not far down the track?

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[SeaMonkey]

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[AlaskaStar]

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