On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm sure the Soviets said the same thing, many times. > > That's the tough thing. I believe that the system is more resilient > than many believe. There have always been Cassandra's prophesying > doom. On the other hang, things really do fail. Nations fail, economic > systems collapse, empires crumble..it is a fact of history. > > So, how do you divine the difference between a system capable of > self-stabilizing that is going through a nasty patch versus a system > that is nose diving...before collapse actually happens instead of in > retrospect? > Short answer is: You don't. One thing that always seems to be true, though, is that panic doesn't help. And in fact, a panicked populace can help usher in a collapse. I also know that fear as a motivator causes people to do bad, stupid things. Sooooo......screaming about the end of days if we don't to X,Y and Z....just seems counterproductive to me. Sure, the endgame MIGHT be in the near future, but screaming and panicking about it just makes it more likely. Surely our leaders need to take steps to address the most egregious problems, but as regular citizens....we just need to keep getting a little better at what we do (spend a little better, save a little better, borrow a little better, work a little better, etc.)....and then come what may, we'll deal with it. The American System may one day collapse, but the odds are simply long that it will be in the next two years. That's all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336426 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
