Sorry for quoting all that, but I agree. CSS seemed to have a really good feel for the pulse. Like all of us (OK, most of us), you get too wrapped tight into something and you start doing a mobius loop.1durphul wrote:You know, CSS was pretty right on about the huge financial crisis. If you look at the Long Cold Winter thread's start date it was about 6 months before ...
I think since then though he's found himself in an echo chamber and has stopped looking for news external to the echo chamber which could disprove some fo the assertions echoing in the chamber.
Point is, I think CSS would benefit from taking a step back and reassessing the the things he is looking at and draw in additional sources that he knows don't have an agenda on the topic.
He did some amazing research, and I look forward to more of it.
IMO (O only) the biggest problem are the parties and the ideology that cancered within them all. Like anything else, once you gain power, you will NOT give it up, and instead struggle to gain more. With our failing 2 party system it's visibly evident. You have 2 parties that are no closer to their true core beliefs than air is to the moon, yet in the name of that human need to have power over other humans, it's been skewed so bad that if you were to drop adherants of their respective parties from, say, 150 years ago, into congress right now, they would not know which side of the aisle to stand upon.
Face it. Those with power depend on the sheep to keep feeding them at the trough of power, control, authority, and self-aggrandizement no matter which party they are in. It's evident that the lip service we are paid is just to keep us sheep fat, dumb, and happy - fluff - while the reality is they don't want to lose the might they hold us by the short hairs with.
When I look at the freshmen congress (and rarely, the senators) who are fuull of these grandiose alturistic words... sleeping on cots in their office, for instance... EVERY ONE OF THEM has said the same thing, made the same promises to their people, but give them time. They will either grasp the power to use for their own benevolence, forget you little guys, or they will be out of office. The politician who was a true servant to the people is an extinct creature.
I've been in deep with more than a couple parties, on more than one continent. The patterns are identical. And sadly, just as it has done in EVERY empire, it leads to its own downfall, leaving the people to stand, stare in blatant disbelief, and either re-adapt to the currrent situation or get mowed down.
Look at history. Remember, those in power do NOT want you to remember history. But you should... if for no other reason than to be prepared.
