What makes you think that it matters who wins the election? There is a force that is far more powerful than any of the world's governments. They in fact run the world. The press toward globalism, at the expense of local workers is the tip of the iceberg. When I was young, there were dozens of small craft cheese factories in this county alone. They made top grade cheddar cheese, that had easy acceptance in European markets. But someone decided thatthe were too inefficeint to survive. So they were denied access to the chief raw material... fresh milk. That was astruggle for years. Last month the last of these co- operatives has shut down. It is painfully obvious now that the goal of free trade, was to destroy small, independant industries, that for years have relied on their niche in the market place. My strategy has been to reduce my expenses, so that i will not have to use my capital to survive. This fits with advice from my great grandfather, who always said never to spend your capital. It also fits with the environmentalists approach. I.e, to consider all my actions, in terms of the long term effect on the planet. So I will be walking to the polling booth tomorrow. (it is over a mile, but the exercise will do me good.) The other program that I am following is to buy local goods, in season. And to reduce my dependence on imported luxuries. In other words, put very simply, I am attempting to make the global economic system irrelevant, to my happiness. Gaar, just a word of unsolicited advice..... take a vacation. There is little or nothing you can do about the economy in an case, and the worry, and the fear will take their toll. At this point I am making a point of not knowing how much money I have lost,,,, It is not that long ago, that I didn't have nearly that muchto lose. I somehow am wondering if the biggest problem is the panic, people are always going to need homes, and they will always need to have access to heat for their homes. If the stocks you hold were any good, keep them, they will recover.
On Oct 13, 7:44 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here an interesting paragraph from something I am reading at the > moment > > The epicenter of the economic crisis that produced the world > Depression of the 1930s was the decline of European capitalism. Europe > never really recovered from World War I. As a result, the US lacked > sufficient markets for its surplus goods and surplus capital. The > crisis in the US was overcome only by the immense stimulus provided by > war production for World War II. In the war, the US demonstrated the > superiority of its advanced production methods, far outstripping the > capacity of Germany and Japan to turn out planes, ships, tanks and > bullets and feed and equip their soldiers. At the end of the war, the > supreme power of American capitalism was rooted in its industrial > might, more than its military supremacy. > > To give some indication of the preponderance of American industry in > the decade following the war: four out of every five cars sold > throughout the world were produced in the US; America, which had 6 > percent of the world’s population, produced and consumed one-half of > the world’s goods. America’s gross domestic product rose from $100 > billion in 1940 to $300 billion in 1950 and $500 billion in 1960. > > What was the process that transformed the United States from the > industrial hegemon of the post-war boom period to the massively > leveraged, industrially anemic center of global financial parasitism > of today? Fundamentally, American imperialism foundered on the > contradiction between world economy and the nation-state framework > within which capitalist economies must develop. In the end, no single > capitalist state, even one as rich as the United States, could resolve > the problems of global capitalism. > > On Oct 12, 9:01 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well Lone Wolf, we are once again living in interesting times. > > > In one of your earlier posts you said "Capitalism rewards the most > > venal power hungry reprobates with position and power, not endeavour, > > integrity and altruistic honesty." Well, you're half right, it does > > reward venal power hungry reprobates but it also rewards the people > > with endeavour, integrity and altruistic honesty. The problem is that > > there are too many of the former and not enough of the latter. > > > Capitalism is certainly not a perfect system but humanity is yet to > > invent a system that isn't subject to corruption. Unfortunately the > > problem is not the system, it's us. > > > By the way, good luck with the election. If McCain and the pitbull win > > I think I might leave the planet!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
