10-11-2018, 05:52 PM
(10-11-2018, 06:21 AM)Galen the Quack Wrote:(10-11-2018, 05:04 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Words can be cleverly used to confuse, as Galen did when he said I admitted that the boomers screwed up everything. You say that we agree on the dislike of the establishments. Unfortunately, the establishment that I dislike, is the one he likes, and the establishment he dislikes, is the one I like. It is just Dem vs Rep per se. Oh well, nice try. But this is a 4T and conflicts will only be resolved with a fight and a victory by one side or the other. His side is winning for now. We'll see. It will be 10 years before it's over, and it may not even be over then (but pretty well-decided).
Only (a) complete idiot would think this because,
Boomers have been on the whole inept in bringing about technological change because so many have their minds in the aether, and they may be the worst generation of business executives in modern America without having such an excuse (as had the Gilded, who were innovative entrepreneurs) of having created the material basis of prosperity. Many are the sorts who fit the metaphorical description of having been born on third base and believing that they hit a triple -- and they self-select for people who believe much the same about themselves to be leaders. By doing so they are throwing away much talent and ensuring that top leadership in America is often mediocre -- like Trump.
Quote:among other things, since I wish that government was much smaller and less powerful.
No, you seem to want a government that responds only to the whims of the rich and powerful and neglects all else.
Quote:Only a complete moron such as yourself would think that since the very people you whine about use government regulation to shut out smaller competitors in favor of established players.[/quote]
1. The Silent had little proclivity to start new businesses other than professional practices (lucrative from the start but with little possibility of job growth.
When I think of Silent entrepreneurs I think of Hugh Hefner (porn), Michael Milken (insider trading), Ross Perot (government contracting), T. Boone Pickens (oil wildcatting), Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett (investment banking without the investment bank), and Dave Thomas (fast food). There is a huge lag between the formation of small businesses and the establishment of economic conditions conducive to personal advancement and job growth in successful businesses.
2. Small business is where the innovation is. The federal tax code creates a nearly-flat tax that treats General Electric and some successful cottage industry much the same. The tax system that we have favors vertical integration and monopolization. I see the consolidation of much of banking, retail, and especially manufacturing... with job loss for working stiffs. Giant business develops insensitive and unresponsive bureaucracies that seek to impose their will upon customers, compelling people to make do or do without.
Quote:In most respects I agree with Ron Paul and anyone who thinks that he is an establishment player has to be completely out of their mind. By a strange coincidence this is an accurate description of Eric the Green.
I can't quite parse that due to the ambiguous reference in the sentence..
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.