After observing the happenings at my university, I now understand how the 2008 crisis could happen. My question was always, they had to know. They had to know the model was unsustainable and was going to blow up soon. Why didn’t they do anything?
Today I know. People will hold on to the last, decaying remnants of what’s familiar and comforting. They’ll close their eyes to reality. They’ll deny the evidence of their own senses. They’ll stick their heads into the sand and ignore everything in order to pretend that the status quo can be preserved forever.
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This is something that permeates everything in this country today. I don’t know if it’s a factor of the baby boomers now being old, and having taking over government and many positions of power they’re just not letting new blood in. But something in this country is really holding back change.
We know there are problems, we know what needs to be done, but it doesn’t get done because it involves drastic changes. In the North East, in particular, is incredibly hard to build new housing, infrastructure, railways, etc. It’s something everyone wants, Democrats and Republicans, gays, not gays, yellow people, brown people, blue people, etc. But doesn’t get done. There is a myriad of laws and regulations preventing change. And this is both a Republican and Democrat issue, although more a Democrat issue in the bigger cities.
China on the other hand just builds, and LOTS of it. They’re leaving us in the dust in many regards.
Something needs to change drastically.
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The people who run everything, are the people who would lose the most, if the necessary changes were enacted.
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I have said it before and I’ll say it again: people do not want to know, they want to believe.
This time I disagree with methylethyl, whom I generally consider a kindred spirit: the people who run everything LOVE non-stop change, they want everything to change all the time, so that what really matters to them stays the same forever.
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They want everything to change except the trajectory of their home values.
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No, people who run everything are richer than people that have most of their net worth in a single house they own.
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Yes, but they’ve all been investing heavily in real estate these last five years, if not longer.
Because “real estate values always go up”.
Especially if you oppose any policy that would prevent it.
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OT: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/peta-animal-rights-groups-praise-trump-admin-bucking-animal-testing
I think we may have found the only leftie activist contingent that actually cares about their cause more than they care about ‘orange man bad’
I still think most of them are bonkers, but I’m impressed by their dedication and resistance to the propaganda machine! Way to stick to your guns, guys!
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It’s animal rights people and radical feminists who have demonstrated that they actually care about their causes. The radfem crowd is so happy about the limits Trump promised to place on trans lunacy that they voted for him and are now supporters.
The climate crowd, on the other hand, showed that they are utter snowflakes who have zero interest in the environment.
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I disagree with both groups on most things, but I have more respect for them now.
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Same here. I have an X feed filled to the brim with self-avowed socialists who are all of a sudden posting video clips of Milton Friedman and quotes from the IMF, and it looks very embarrassing.
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Yeah PETA gained a better public position when it was discovered that Fauci has supported and funded the testing of Beagle puppies in Tunisia. Most of us that have raised dogs know that they are sentient creatures, fully capable of thinking, understanding and feeling both happiness and distress. This is particularly true of the working/hunting breeds, known for their intelligence and loyalty.
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Exactly.
But if the PETA folks were bog-standard modern lefties, then as soon as the Fauci beagle story came out they’d have done a complete about-face to defend animal testing.
So, I respect them for having principles and not getting eaten by the propaganda machine. It’s nice to see, these days.
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Trump hasn’t really changed his views on trade since the ’80s and the rise of Japan as a competitor to US manufacturing. The difference today is that China is much larger than Japan, which makes it a much larger market for US products, as demonstrated by the recent Boeing debacle. Also, people who lost their jobs 40 years ago are unlikely to come out of retirement, and younger generations simply don’t have the experience to replace them.
https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-small-businesses-why-make-things-in-china/
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