Musings of A Dumb Ass
What an interesting time to be alive and see things you always said would happen start coming into view. Our economy truly is in the tank and the only way for it to keep on staggering along is to print more money which of course will feed the inflation that will in the end collapse it.
There's lots of causes that are interesting to consider that are a part of our trek to our destiny. Our welfare state is the biggest one, and we are into the fourth generation of a shameless culture that is parked at the feeding trough merrily waiting on the next meal.
My Fathers generation was the first to be subserviant to big brother and what he could get for little or nothing. Then came my generation who are masters at it and we taught my childrens generation to be taken care of by the government, as they are teaching my grandchildren.
If there were no examples of what this behaviour begets, it wouldn't be quite as tragic, but we know better, and do it anyway knowing deep down there's no way out.
We're destined for some absolutes. Our miserable economy can't stand as it is and there's no way our lazy assed populace is going to stand for their gimme's to be taken away. Then sadly, even if we magically realized as citizens and as a culture what we've done to ourselves and each individual suddenly became totally independant and self supporting we still can't survive as the giant we've come to believe we are. We will suffer the consequences that so many others have that tried to run more world than made sense. The French, The Germans, The English, The Japs, The Spaniards, The Romans, The Russians..... They all are examples of what happens when you extend farther than you can afford or control. They're all still around, and so will we be after the inevitable happens, we just won't have such a loud voice. Forget my Grandfathers fear of an opposing army invading our great land. We've given it away without a fight. We're just to damned dumb to realize it..............
There's lots of causes that are interesting to consider that are a part of our trek to our destiny. Our welfare state is the biggest one, and we are into the fourth generation of a shameless culture that is parked at the feeding trough merrily waiting on the next meal.
My Fathers generation was the first to be subserviant to big brother and what he could get for little or nothing. Then came my generation who are masters at it and we taught my childrens generation to be taken care of by the government, as they are teaching my grandchildren.
If there were no examples of what this behaviour begets, it wouldn't be quite as tragic, but we know better, and do it anyway knowing deep down there's no way out.
We're destined for some absolutes. Our miserable economy can't stand as it is and there's no way our lazy assed populace is going to stand for their gimme's to be taken away. Then sadly, even if we magically realized as citizens and as a culture what we've done to ourselves and each individual suddenly became totally independant and self supporting we still can't survive as the giant we've come to believe we are. We will suffer the consequences that so many others have that tried to run more world than made sense. The French, The Germans, The English, The Japs, The Spaniards, The Romans, The Russians..... They all are examples of what happens when you extend farther than you can afford or control. They're all still around, and so will we be after the inevitable happens, we just won't have such a loud voice. Forget my Grandfathers fear of an opposing army invading our great land. We've given it away without a fight. We're just to damned dumb to realize it..............
posted by Bo at 9:41 PM
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