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What will it take to break America out of its delusion?
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<blockquote data-quote="Samseau" data-source="post: 956027" data-attributes="member: 550"><p>I wish I could share the optimism of many others in this thread. When I was younger, I definitely felt like Anabasis but cold bitter experience has doused those flames.</p><p></p><p>I agree that America still has it better than most. I disagree that America is good. America being the best shit sandwich in a world of dogshit isn't exactly something to be proud of.</p><p></p><p>The vast majority of people I encounter aren't doing too hot. And I live in one of the richest parts of the USA. Many of my friends have made it, I am comfortable, but we're just lucky. I couldn't tell anyone how to replicate our successes.</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who is down and out, and he applied for <a href="https://www.instacart.com/careers" target="_blank">instacart</a> as a part-time job. He showed up for the interview, and there were <em>twelve</em> other applicants. Out of those twelve, <em>3 got the job.</em> Sweet dear God almighty, how is the USA doing well when a fucking grocery shopper job can be so selective as to reject 75% of its applicants? This economy is FUBAR, this country is in deep shit. Right now everything is running on debt.</p><p></p><p>My experiences match the official stats, which is why the USA's <a href="https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V/" target="_blank">M2 Money Velocity is in deep depression levels right now</a>.</p><p></p><p>So yeah, America is still the best, but America has declined tremendously and unless Trump is elected it will get much worse in the future (and even Trump may be unable to do anything). The fact that America is the best is extremely ominous not just for the future of Western Civilization, but the rest of the world as well. If things do not turn around soon, we are going to find ourselves in a massive dark age by the end of our lifetimes. People will be unable to maintain technology, infrastructure, economy, military, etc.</p><p></p><p>Talk to any old man, they will tell you how much better things used to be in America, so just imagine how much worse things can get by the time we're old men.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samseau, post: 956027, member: 550"] I wish I could share the optimism of many others in this thread. When I was younger, I definitely felt like Anabasis but cold bitter experience has doused those flames. I agree that America still has it better than most. I disagree that America is good. America being the best shit sandwich in a world of dogshit isn't exactly something to be proud of. The vast majority of people I encounter aren't doing too hot. And I live in one of the richest parts of the USA. Many of my friends have made it, I am comfortable, but we're just lucky. I couldn't tell anyone how to replicate our successes. I have a friend who is down and out, and he applied for [url=https://www.instacart.com/careers]instacart[/url] as a part-time job. He showed up for the interview, and there were [i]twelve[/i] other applicants. Out of those twelve, [i]3 got the job.[/i] Sweet dear God almighty, how is the USA doing well when a fucking grocery shopper job can be so selective as to reject 75% of its applicants? This economy is FUBAR, this country is in deep shit. Right now everything is running on debt. My experiences match the official stats, which is why the USA's [url=https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V/]M2 Money Velocity is in deep depression levels right now[/url]. So yeah, America is still the best, but America has declined tremendously and unless Trump is elected it will get much worse in the future (and even Trump may be unable to do anything). The fact that America is the best is extremely ominous not just for the future of Western Civilization, but the rest of the world as well. If things do not turn around soon, we are going to find ourselves in a massive dark age by the end of our lifetimes. People will be unable to maintain technology, infrastructure, economy, military, etc. Talk to any old man, they will tell you how much better things used to be in America, so just imagine how much worse things can get by the time we're old men. [/QUOTE]
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