12-04-2009, 06:35 PM
Hi,
I do think that the crash will probably come soon. I do think that nobody will do enough soon enough to do more than postpone it. In the '70s I expected that the crash would come sometime around the turn of the millennium -- clearly I was off by at least a decade. And I do think that only a crash will drive the kind of changes needed.
All that being said, I am *not* in favor of hastening misfortune. I'd infinitely rather that we avoid it. If, through some political and social miracle we can achieve a better world without the impetus of a disaster, then I would be extremely happy to have been proven wrong.
--Pete
Quote:Perhaps your idea of hastening the crash so we can rebuild is the correct choice, . . .?????????????
I do think that the crash will probably come soon. I do think that nobody will do enough soon enough to do more than postpone it. In the '70s I expected that the crash would come sometime around the turn of the millennium -- clearly I was off by at least a decade. And I do think that only a crash will drive the kind of changes needed.
All that being said, I am *not* in favor of hastening misfortune. I'd infinitely rather that we avoid it. If, through some political and social miracle we can achieve a better world without the impetus of a disaster, then I would be extremely happy to have been proven wrong.
--Pete
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?