“I heard something on the radio last night—Newsweek I believe—that kept referring to the ‘post-American’ economy.”
People...err, I mean idiots...always like to add the prefix “post” to things. Like they can predict the future. Well, let me look into my crystal ball. If history has taught me anything, governments around the world will continue to interfere in global trade, ostensibly for the benefit of their own people. This, in turn, will result in a decline in living standards proportional to the interference.
What some people don’t seem to understand is that China and India are like Texas and Florida, so far as the economy is concerned. Political boundaries don’t matter. And ironically, the nations who grasp this fact will be the most prosperous and powerful.
I heard more again today... “post-America world.” The media is now attempting to prepare the masses for a world without a powerful USA.
I don’t know if anybody has factored in the weather. the Seattle area was just about shut down for more than a week before Christmas. Trucks couldn’t get to stores. UPS couldn’t get to houses (I am still waiting for a next day air package that is now over a week late).
I was at a Best Buy the other day and wanted to buy a printer but they were out because the trucks haven’t been able to get through.
At Safeway the manager told me the delivery trucks had to put on chains just to go the last 50 feet down to the loading dock, then unchain when they left. Think about how much that slows everything down.
I do feel like the “economic meltdown” was very well orchestrated and timed by the media to hit in time for the election.