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Angry_Weasel
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« on: June 11, 2011, 11:52:36 AM » |
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I am thinking that until our problems are resolved, that the post-1992 era will continue for quite some time. We will see backlash after backlash until the Unemployment is under 6%, there aren't any wars and an incumbent president can have 60% approval ratings without a massive terrorist attack. We could be in a time of political instability and might not even recognize a stable new normal for a long time.
Two things will happen-
We will enter a period where NO ONE gets reelected and if they do, there will be progressively advancing levels of unrest. This period will end when we either learn to cope with our problems or give up on trying to deal with them. You will see this happening when either unemployment dips under 7% or when we get a European-sized welfare state to deal with European-sized economic disenfranchisement, or when things start to get a little more Mad Maxy at a time. You will know that this is happening when you begin to hear "we've been told we can't do that anymore" or "you have to do this now" more and more in your day to day life.
when some supreme warlord like FDR or The Gipper Unites a large enough majority of the country to say that they united ALL of the country...and either moves us to "socialism" or corporate nationalism.
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