03-15-2017, 11:01 AM
(03-15-2017, 07:12 AM)Odin Wrote:(03-15-2017, 04:27 AM)Galen Wrote:(03-14-2017, 07:23 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:Quote:Like it or not the petrodollar will eventually end and the largess of the federal government will implode in on itself.
Yeah, I don't think a lot of progressives have grappled with what the end of imperium, "white privilege", and a shift to sustainability will actually mean in material terms, particularly for them.
They haven't. Truth is they have this nasty tendency to think in linear trend lines that last forever. Those of us in the real world know better.
Do you know what the next winning Powerball numbers are going to be, too?
I understand perfectly well that linear trends don't last forever, but, as shown by how wrong futurists often are, making ideologically dogmatic statements abiut the future like "the largess of the federal government will implode in on itself" just sets you up to look like a fool.
Speaking of futurist being wrong, to me the biggest thing they got wrong was that the modern technology which was still in its infancy in the 1960s and 1970s was going to lead to shorter work hours and increasing emphasis on leisure. Seems obvious that precisely the opposite happened, and the time should come when the society rediscovers the hidden power of play. I wonder how far away we are from that? Seems there are more workaholics than ever.