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Originally Posted by JU_88
Greece could still be the spark, but everyone has had a fair bit of time now to address their exposure to Greece.
Im worried for the Day that US Fed can no longer pay its bills. The Dollar is still the worlds reserve currency, if that goes down, the entire house of cards comes down!
It will be biggest Global deppression in history, (A once in a life time event so they say)
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I have always seen what could be construed as a doomsday prophecy with this whole thing. It runs parallel to your statement.
I believe that the PIIGS are simply just a symptom of the larger disease. Which is reliance on the financial sector, which schemes to make money, rather than offering a tangible product.
Unless you consider wealth tangible. Is it worth to gain at the expense of the weaker members of your country?
Dumb question, of course it is, screw you, I already got what I need. I could care less if you have the same chance.
Money is made up, pretend, fiat currency, we primally fight over something that is abstract, silly no?
It rules us because it rules the elites, we allow to elites to rule us.
I miss guys like George Washington and Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus.
Who all understood that power is more a disease than a blessing.
Both saved their countries.
Both went back to thier farms after being offered Dictator/ King titles.
2 different eras, good or bad men never change throughout history. I do not think grace like this is gone, just that grace like this is not financially supported today.
I always thought the Mayan 2012 was bullcrap, but I almost wish it. I lost all faith in mankind lately.
We need a culling.
Anyway, yeah I know you think America sucks, but just watch what happens if we fall, you think WW2 was a doozy?
Remember how undefended your euro shangrilas are compared to the Chinese and Russians.