(03-24-2020, 11:50 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: [ -> ]... Is it really progress when the interests of Wall Street consistently trump those of Main Street, as they have for the better part of four decades? And when fertil farmland is destroyed to make room for shopping malls and office buildings, which in a way are now themselves on the wane?
The progress we get is not always the progress we desire. The real question: does the new paradigm move us forward, backwards or in no particular direction? Typically, only the first option on that list truly qualifies as progress, but the change may be tiny and unsatisfying and still qualify. I suspect we'll be unsatisfied this time. Assuming we're there, the transition from 4T to 1T will be overseen by an Artist or a reprobate Boomer. Neither really qualifies as ideal … especially another 4 years of the Orange One.
(03-24-2020, 05:52 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: [ -> ] (03-24-2020, 12:00 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: [ -> ]Do you feel that this pandemic will end up doing what nothing else has been able to do, and that’s to put what is commonly referred to as Reaganomics on life support if not in its grave?
Possibly, with any luck!
We are likely going to have to do a bit of tax & spend to pay off all the emergency measures. Not likely a lot of choice.
(03-25-2020, 11:04 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: [ -> ]For years I have thought the red worldview selfish. The tribal thinking has the government working for people like them rather than leveling the playing field. Their response or lack thereof is rapidly becoming stark.
I considered the red worldview delusional, so you're much more generous than me. A conceptual model built on emotion rather than analysis can hold sway for a long time, but it can't actually prevail over the long haul. This pandemic may be the final straw … at least I hope it is.
(03-25-2020, 01:10 PM)David Horn Wrote: [ -> ] (03-25-2020, 11:04 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: [ -> ]For years I have thought the red worldview selfish. The tribal thinking has the government working for people like them rather than leveling the playing field. Their response or lack thereof is rapidly becoming stark.
I considered the red worldview delusional, so you're much more generous than me. A conceptual model built on emotion rather than analysis can hold sway for a long time, but it can't actually prevail over the long haul. This pandemic may be the final straw … at least I hope it is.
At times I speak tactfully. At others, I can get pretty blunt. This time I leaned more towards tactful, but I reserve the right to change styles without notice.