Quote Originally Posted by SNAFU View Post
We as a Nation caved long before this fiasco.
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MTN Man's sigline says it all
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Some of the lies that are widely believed:
-We will have cheap, abundant energy for a long time to come. shortages are decades away. Technology will be able to replace petroleum.
-Social security and medicare entitlements will all be paid. All that is needed are minor policy adjustments.
-The current global financial meltdown was unexpected and could not have been foreseen. It is a temporary 'bad patch' which has already been fixed by government intervention.
-Public and private debt can continue expanding three times faster than GDP indefinitely. Rising credit and debt are the lifeblood of prosperity.
-Environmental problems either don't exist or can be easily fixed with modest policy adjustments.
-The consumerist culture of the past 60 years is the natural perfection of capitalism, prosperity and American values.
-We have the finest healthcare system in the world.
-It's the Democrats/Republicans who are the problem. If our guy wins things will be OK. Corollary: your vote matters.
-Democracy in the USA is working. Predatory crony capitalism does not exist, neither does the Power Elite.