Like many of us, I have been reading a wide range of opinions online
about this, and had been looking forward to the discussion here.
So what's the sense here?
My nickel: despite the gloom and doom, the prophecies of the final
demise of the middle class, the unbelievable behaviour by the Tea
Party folks- petulant, arrogant and childish behaviour- overall I am
heartened by the necessity that we attempt to think like a global
culture in order to resolve and upgrade how we operate.
Similarly to the weather: we finally have to confront that this is all
one planet, like it or not: there is nowhere else to go.
Our engagement now with these two situations - global economics,
global weather - I think will be seen as our watershed moment in a
couple hundred years. I am a designated optimist, so there's that.
However, the demand right now that we work together requires
accountability from everyone to everyone, no one left out anymore. We
are overdue for this. I wish it weren't happening while I was around,
but I am around.
Keeping the big picture in mind, not yielding to panic, and reminding
people we've been through difficult times before.
Stronger opinions re China and the US/West's addiction to their
cheaply made merchandise and to consumerism (especially after
Sarbajit's comments re cell phones), and the Tea Party will wait until
I see if anyone picks this thread up.
Yes, I read Tom Friedman.
Victoria
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