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Forum Post: It Feels More Like A Depression Than A Recession

Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 14, 2011, 12:18 a.m. EST by eyeofthetiger (304)
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anyone care to elaborate?

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[-] 2 points by infonomics (393) 13 years ago

If you think it is bad now, wait for the full retrenchment of the boomers, who constitute 37% of the work force, which, in turn, accounts for 67% of the GDP. Everyone will be in survival mode and civilization as we know it will come to an end. As Yeats wrote, the center will not hold:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
[-] 0 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

If you wrote this it is good and true were being Provoked Provocation always leads to stupid mistakes Best to just Ignore the provacators

[-] 1 points by Mooks (1985) 13 years ago

Compare unemployment rates from the Great Depression to what you see today. That will answer your question.

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

How about you elaborate on what you mean by "feels like?"

[-] 0 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

buy me a Lexus

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

Why would you want one?

[-] 1 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

class statements in society are made by symbols of Materialism I would'nt want one people who think they're better than other's do this kind of thing they think money will buy them security but it don't they are still insecure with who they are

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

I totally agree with that. Also, it looks pretty silly when a movement is based in the fact that some Americans can afford a Lexus while others can only afford a Honda. Countries in Africa are laughing at us right now.

[-] 0 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

The More people have the More Unhappy they are The one's who hate and are always miserable are the one's who are wealthy I know cause the one's who are happy are the one's who are poor

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

Bingo. Wealth does not buy happiness. In many cases it causes unhappiness. It creates a situation where you are never sure if other people's intentions are genuine.

Having a purpose is the key to happiness.

[-] 0 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

well Unfortunately I don't know anyone who has a purpose anymore but to make l;ife miserable for other's I just disassociate with them

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

I have as well. My Dad accidentally married one of these militant progressives. She was from Minnesota. Go figure. Thankfully the marriage is over, and he is the happiest I have seen him in years. Until OWS started up, I hadn't been hearing this stuff.

[-] 0 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

Was she the type who made demands on your Dad? whom seemed she was never pleased??? Who wanted Total Control without sincerity on her part?? Yea I know the type very well

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

Man, you nailed it. Constant projects for him. The house had all these ridiculous constraints and rituals that just made things more difficult. The man is 69 years old. I started becoming very concerned with how much she was demanding him to take on chores that could hurt him. So did other members in the family, thank God.

[-] 0 points by RexDiamond (585) from Idabel, OK 13 years ago

"she was a selfish person with no morals If that was me I would have told her to shut up!!"

Oh I almost did a few times. I didn't only out of respect for my father. Oh and how about this for the cherry on top? She was going back to school to get her Masters in French. How absurd is that?

[-] 0 points by eyeofthetiger (304) 13 years ago

she was a selfish person with no morals If that was me I would have told her to shut up!!