I’m convinced that the US has reached the point of no return. It’s gone from sickly to dying, and I no longer believe that it can recover. I believe that we’ve reached the beginning of the end.
The erosion of our culture of self-reliance and individuality has paved the way for the destruction of our constitution and our rule of law, which has led to the destruction of property rights. Now it’s no longer a question of whether government can take control of a thing, but how quickly it should take in accomplishing the task. We are at 10 Trillion dollars of hard debt, and 60 trillion dollars of unfunded liabilities through Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. There is no reasonable model for us to EVER be able to dig our way out of this debt. The government will be forced to monetize the currency in order to pay off its debt, which will result in inflation such as the world has never seen.
Decades of irresponsibility led to this moment. It was coming for awhile; the current president just accelerated it. I hope Texas secedes while it has the chance. I don’t think that they were serious when they threatened it the last time, but if they saw the world through my eyes, they’d already be gone. I’ve served my country in the army for 12 years. I never thought it would come to this in my lifetime.
You’ve said we have reached the point of no return. You then mention that things are bad. Fact is, things are usually bad. I doubt we’ve ever gone one hour in our media lives without hearing we live in times of great crises. This too will past. What we have to be worried about is the consequences of what will be done.
Explain how this situation is worse than the late 30s.
The American sense of life was MUCH stronger in the 1930s. We’ve decayed a great deal since then. On a positive note, the one thing we have going for us now that we didn’t then is Objectivism.
A few other things strike me. In the 1930s we weren’t nationalizing industries, working to confirm subjectivist/racist judges, promulgating an extremely anti-American foreign policy, and pushing anti-man environmentalism. Furthermore, let us not forget things like faith-based initiatives and creationism.
A few other things strike me. In the 1930s we weren’t nationalizing industries, working to confirm subjectivist/racist judges, promulgating an extremely anti-American foreign policy, and pushing anti-man environmentalism. Furthermore, let us not forget things like faith-based initiatives and creationism.
Economy in shambles, Passing the new deal, nationalizing gold reserves, being on the eve of the worst war in human history, Roosevelt not even acknowledging the Supreme Court.
It is hyperbole, but say for a second it wasn’t, what about the statement would you not ‘get’.
Well, if it is not hyperbole, you obviously know the reasons <_<
Growing up in a country that was fairly poor and fairly socialist (and not knowing that I would come to the U.S. some day) I had no doubt that I would have a happy life. Suicide would not be anywhere in my thoughts. In numerous real ways, my life today is better than it would have been had I lived in an older, yet poorer time.
Obviously, it is frustrating to see things change for the worse, particularly when the right path seems so clear and obvious from the lessons of history. At times, it makes one wish to commit suicide – but only in the sense of hyperbole.
Well, if it is not hyperbole, you obviously know the reasons <_<
Growing up in a country that was fairly poor and fairly socialist (and not knowing that I would come to the U.S. some day) I had no doubt that I would have a happy life. Suicide would not be anywhere in my thoughts. In numerous real ways, my life today is better than it would have been had I lived in an older, yet poorer time.
Obviously, it is frustrating to see things change for the worse, particularly when the right path seems so clear and obvious from the lessons of history. At times, it makes one wish to commit suicide – but only in the sense of hyperbole.
I guess it is hyperbole. The thought would never come close to fruition in action, this I know for certain, I have too much self-esteem for that. The frustration is definitely real though, seeing all I have seen has made me somewhat bitter towards the society I live in.
…seeing all I have seen has made me somewhat bitter towards the society I live in.
Yeah, I feel that way too… sometimes. I think there are two solutions I know of. One is fighting for the world one wants. Second – and, I believe, far more important – is to categorize part of the “man-made” into the “might as well be metaphysically given”.
Economy in shambles, Passing the new deal, nationalizing gold reserves, being on the eve of the worst war in human history, Roosevelt not even acknowledging the Supreme Court.
The War wasn’t part of America’s culture, so you can’t pin that on us. In fact, at that time we had the moral certainty to actually fight the bad guys and completely defeat them! Today we grovel and bow before them. The important thing here is the nature of American culture then and now. The sad fact is that Americans are not as good today as they were then. We live in a more nihilistic, low-brow, anti-freedom society than ever.
As Anne Wortham said, in the battle between John Wayne and Jane Fonda, Jane Fonda has won.
I’m not completely pessimistic, I’m just pointing out the way things are.
Yeah, I feel that way too… sometimes. I think there are two solutions I know of. One is fighting for the world one wants. Second – and, I believe, far more important – is to categorize part of the “man-made” into the “might as well be metaphysically given”.
You know, I have never been able to do that second thing. Perhaps it’s because I work in the natural sciences and feel like I have a pretty good sense of the genuinely metaphysically given, things like the way genes work and such, and so I see what people do and there’s just no way for me not to violently react against the stupid. I never have been very good at accepting things LOL