03-27-2017, 12:47 PM
(05-26-2016, 12:54 AM)Galen Wrote:(05-25-2016, 08:26 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:Quote:The only action that is possible is for large number of people to simply stop obeying. Until the US has its Soviet Union moment, for pretty much the same reasons, this will not happen and the status quo will be maintained. It looks like at the very least Trump has made a deal with Sheldon Adelson which suggests to me that Trump will turn out to be a disappointment to his followers for much the same reason Reagan and Obozo were to theirs.
We are far away from the scenario of the Soviet Union in 1990. It's when the police terror weakened and the Soviet Union started to take on democratic characteristics (free and competitive elections and multiple political parties) that the system began to break down.
Given the amount federal debt and unfunded liabilities we are not that far from such a moment. At the time it looked like the Soviet Union was going to be with us and then suddenly it wasn't. I think one of the reasons the Fed is holding interest rates at zero is because of what would happen to the federal deficit. In order for the status quo to continue people must believe and when they stop it changes or disappears.
Another thing that happened in the Soviet Union was that people started using the bureaucracy against itself. Combined with the fact that most did not do more than the minimum which helped sink the system. Gorbachev tried to save the Soviet System incrementally but it was too far gone.
1.Yeah, but the "status quo" is the Federal Government and assorted scammy oligarchies[Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Banking, etc. ] put together.
2. Kinser79's .sig has the solution, pretty much.
"Turn on to Daddy, Tune in to Nationalism, Drop out of UN/NATO/WTO/TPP/NAFTA/CAFTA Globalism."
As for Trump, if by choice or accident, he crashes the financial markets, that would be a plus.
Randall Flagg's calling with an inbound message: "I'll set you high in my council Rags, and I'll set you to burn".
Globalization is last, but yeah, I don't like it either. I see no reason why the US citizens via the MIC have to protect shipping lanes all by itself for something that I have no use for.
2. Opting out is a perfect thing the Russians did to crash the Soviet Union. It's pretty easy to just say no to Ishits, banks, new gadgets, etc.
3. I'll have to think on this using the bureaucracy against itself... I'm sure there's lots of internal inconsistencies there.
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