Soros: A Plan for Recovery

[DarkReign]

Dude you can't just ignore the world. As much as you'd like to shut the US in a bubble its infeasible so why even lament its disappearance at all? We're in a world economy whether people want to acknowledge it or not.

The concessions will be made whether or not you like it. Its happening right now! You seem to simultaneously believe that we need to change our economic policies and general financial policies without understanding the fundamental reasons why we have to do this.

The world started to catch up to us decades ago. We've maintained a fake lead over them through borrowing. So now we either revamp our system or we come back down to earth.

Remember thread about the national debt? It all come down to who we owe. them, indeed, but they can us right back. The unipolar moment is over.

Blech...youre both right. Doesnt make me like it any more, but I do get the point.

[RandomGuy]

Blech...youre both right. Doesnt make me like it any more, but I do get the point.

Personally, I think we will all benefit through efficiency gains and technological progress.

I do see our standards of living leveling off and declining somewhat, but we are VERY wasteful when it comes to how we utilize resources, so there is a lot of room to be had in simply using what we have more efficiently.

Technology will help in lots of ways through simple productivity gains, and that will actually accelerate how quickly the rest of the world catches up to us, as it takes less energy/materials to provide a minimal standard of living and bring people out of the nasty cycle of poverty that the majority of humans live in.

That can only benefit us in the long run. I am cautiously optimistic for the future of our species and our nation.

Not that there won't be a bit of pain in the transition, but the best way to deal with change is to acknowledge its existence, and deal with it in the best way we can.