tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3898371282777576495..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Lesson From Hong KongSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-52124241644762073382014-02-06T00:16:37.887-05:002014-02-06T00:16:37.887-05:00If this goes bad; black Friday, great depression b...If this goes bad; black Friday, great depression bad, it will be so much worse then it was in the 30's. We were a different people then. 50% of the population lived on the land then today it is 2%. So much more is different too. We are not nearly the self-sufficient people of the 20's and 30's. Everything from our dependence on our infrastructure to our lack basic skills works against us. It's going to be difficult for most people to accept what is happening and to then do what they must to keep it together. I will bet a simple one week suspension of the ATM and credit cards along with banks closing will bring people to violence and anarchy. I don't absolutely know it's gonna crash but unless some unforeseen event happens that can change the course we are on I simply don't see how it can be avoided. I also don't believe that all the politicians and all the talking heads and reporters are somehow blissfully unaware of what's going on. Which really makes me more worried because what they should all be doing is shouting from the rooftops and riding through the night like a Paul Revere to warn the people but instead most of them are talking up stupid movie star stories or the latest gossip. I think they are too scared to take this story on. And of course today America's biggest problem is that unlike the Boy Scouts we don't have any adult leaders. I can't think of more then half a dozen "leaders" today that I want to follow. We are in deep crap. Have an exit plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com