Thanks, Ralf. I appreciate your comments and point of view. Things could be better, but they certainly could be much worse as well.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:50 AM Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 25.11.18 um 14:28 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > > > I posted it here because I am somewhat puzzled and distressed by events > in > > Britain and Europe > > Nothing wrong with that. We Europeans are just as distressed about what > is going on in the U.S. > > Over here, with globalization and all that, too much money has been > falling upwards in the last two decades. People are feeling left out and > the old promise of "be good and work hard and you'll have a better life" > doesn't hold anymore. > > The French have elected two presidents (Macron, Hollande and to a large > measure also Sarko) who not only didn't deliver but produced the > opposite of what they promised. > > All over Europe, things are in reverse gear. Nationalism is rampant > again and the political right is gaining strength. Not that these > right-wing parties were having any solutions. Far from it. But noone > seems to care. People no longer vote for something but only against this > or that, preferably against immigrants, despite the fact that a few > dozen guys in white collars cost us more on a single than all immigrants > together in a year. > > Those are strange times. As my grandmother used to say: You're having it > too good. There should be another war so you'll see how bad things > really can get. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
