This Long Run Won’t Be Long Enough, by Robert Gore
The genesis of the burgeoning political revolt is the realization that the business-government nexus is not functioning as advertised and is contrary to the interests of the people subjected to it. Much of what the ruling class has done has failed, and failed spectacularly, especially when measured against the hype that promotes it. Hubristic delusion has prevented much of the elite from recognizing either their failures or shattering credibility. They are falling in line for Hillary Clinton, but here too they delude themselves.
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Guess we should be careful what we wish for.
Could it have been stopped? Perhaps. But that would have required a political and unity we haven't seen in this country since WW II and aren't likely to see again - especially with our current Commander-in-Chief and his party stirring up every possible race- and other-based division. I sure don't see either Hillary or Donald doing anything to turn the ship around.
I think Trump will slow it down; Hillary will accelerate it; and Sanders would have REALLY accelerated it (and he nearly got to be the democratic candidate !!). I hope Hillary is defeated, which is why I am voting for Trump. At least he isnt in the establishment at this point. He has all the money he could ever need, has a great family, a great business- and really doesnt need the hassles of being president. I think he and his family are primarily interested in seeing the USA prosper again.
The analogy that would be persuasive is not in slowing the decline, but in preventing a takeover by the feudalists (the elites who want to go back to a serf/lord governing system). That is how you're going to win people over to voting for Trump.
Our nation has achieved a false economic leap fueled by debt. It's like a kid on a wagon who goes down a hill to gain speed and hit a jump. He's in mid-air when he suddenly realizes that there's no way he's going to land the wagon and himself in one piece because of the rocks below. But because we've already made the jump (ignoring our mother's warnings that it wasn't going to end well), there's nothing to do now but take the fall and hope there's enough left to bandage up and limp home.
Taking the fall will mean a lot of pain and suffering until its "rebuilt". And do we think that if there is a 'fall' all of a sudden people will realize a free market is best? I would suggest that entitlement would result in rioting and demands for the government to "do something" (which means taking what little is left from the ones who prepared and give it to the unwashed masses).
Look at Venezuela. There is a society crashing by the day, yet they are still supporting the socialism system and their absolutely STUPID leader. I fear that will happen here. Fortunately, I doubt I will be around to witness the collapse that will finally come in about 30-40 years after the government has used up the wealth of the country.
Senator McCain got very unlucky in the timing of the last financial crisis. President Obama got very lucky in timing. We don't know when the next crisis will occur, but I suspect the next president will have unlucky timing.
That means the establishment would be cut down to size- their crony ways of operating would be severely limited.
Therefore a true libertarian would be under heavy attack. Look at the attacks on Trump, and he isnt even a libertarian and isnt president- at least yet.
Johnson is getting negativity to the extent that he is a threat to the establishment.
Electing Trump won't fix that but it may start the ball rolling to break up the "good ole boy" club. No one else has the guts to even try.
That's true and ironic since he is the only candidate who openly talks about the problem described in this article. Johnson has said plainly our fiscal and monetary policies are unsustainable and will eventually lead to a crisis.
We start to die the moment we're born. Do the left true believers recognize the failures? Point them out to a hard left person and you'll get more straw dogs thrown at you than a stadium full of scarecrows.
Women have given in to this for centuries, and having entitled women with the priviledge of voting without women having proven the understanding of the benefits of liberty over safety has doomed the liberty of Americans. At present men understand and place a higher value on individual liberty and personal responsibility, while women mistakenly place a higher value on safety. This makes women unable to make the decisions necessary for freedom. Obvioulsly, this is a generalization that is not true in all cases, but based on actions, I think it is true. Universal suffrage is a fatal mistake that will result in the sacrifice of individual liberty for "the greater good" as defined by the fearful majority, as they are manipulated by the sociopathic, statist elite. (This is my politically incorrect conclusion, perhaps not yours.)