05-19-2020, 01:25 PM
Kinser,
I concur with what you are saying about socialism. Even though Thatcher did have a point with that, due to the Tories pretty much gutting the entire industrial sector, it actually ended up leading to more socialism down the road with Thatcher's conservatives actually encouraging all of those unemployed factory workers and coal miners onto state benefits in order to off set any major drag down to poverty levels. Tony Blair helped expand on this so really capitalism itself led to more socialism here down the road....
As for Russia being the new policeman, I agree right now that despite Putin and the government wanting to make Russian great again, the Russian youth are still in love with the West and obsessed about getting the democracy working and the economy sorted out. So I think after Putin, the days of Russian adventurism are going to come to a standstill. But if Europe is on the verge of turning Islamic or a huge major interstate war breaks out there, Russia will step in and take over America's role because of the fear of another German invasion.
Nothing anytime soon of course but down the pipeline, yes...
Good to hear America's millennials are not all left wing. I thought like 90 percent of them were in love with the whole AOC crowd. But you have to confess, the majority of them are liberal and not at all conservative in terms of social values. Maybe on economics thinks differ but still.
Just how many of them support Trumpian values I have no idea but I suspect it's not a huge group.
Kinser, I have a question. With your great crisis saeculum, are you saying that this will be 80 years of continued Western decline? I was expecting the West to end rather quickly like the former Communist bloc but I presume you are looking at a more longer term decline lasting at least four generations?
Also in your next 4T predictions, I hope you didn't put the lazy option of the U.S Vs China because compared to today, honestly, I think later on this century China is going to start to decline and replaced by new powers. Not sure who yet but I've never believed China to be a long term superpower and there are new upcoming powers on the horizon.
I concur with what you are saying about socialism. Even though Thatcher did have a point with that, due to the Tories pretty much gutting the entire industrial sector, it actually ended up leading to more socialism down the road with Thatcher's conservatives actually encouraging all of those unemployed factory workers and coal miners onto state benefits in order to off set any major drag down to poverty levels. Tony Blair helped expand on this so really capitalism itself led to more socialism here down the road....
As for Russia being the new policeman, I agree right now that despite Putin and the government wanting to make Russian great again, the Russian youth are still in love with the West and obsessed about getting the democracy working and the economy sorted out. So I think after Putin, the days of Russian adventurism are going to come to a standstill. But if Europe is on the verge of turning Islamic or a huge major interstate war breaks out there, Russia will step in and take over America's role because of the fear of another German invasion.
Nothing anytime soon of course but down the pipeline, yes...
Good to hear America's millennials are not all left wing. I thought like 90 percent of them were in love with the whole AOC crowd. But you have to confess, the majority of them are liberal and not at all conservative in terms of social values. Maybe on economics thinks differ but still.
Just how many of them support Trumpian values I have no idea but I suspect it's not a huge group.
Kinser, I have a question. With your great crisis saeculum, are you saying that this will be 80 years of continued Western decline? I was expecting the West to end rather quickly like the former Communist bloc but I presume you are looking at a more longer term decline lasting at least four generations?
Also in your next 4T predictions, I hope you didn't put the lazy option of the U.S Vs China because compared to today, honestly, I think later on this century China is going to start to decline and replaced by new powers. Not sure who yet but I've never believed China to be a long term superpower and there are new upcoming powers on the horizon.