Take a moment from your regularly scheduled dose of daily optimism, and look on the dark side.
The recent political events in Greece, in which a stable government was not formed, requiring whole new rounds of voting, have received some attention on the nightly news. But there’s still a feeling of “it can’t happen here.”
That’s a great disservice. Because it can happen here.
And this is not just “political instability.” We’re not talking about a political hot potato going nuclear. We’re talking about complete financial implosion. That’s what happens when government is involved in everything.
“Conservatives” and “progressives” have set up for us a house of cards. So what is now happening in one of the great cradles of Western civilization is likely to happen to the whole of today’s big-government-based civilization.
How bad can things get? Well, for chilling reminders of what a true collapse is like, consult the Economic Collapse Blog. A recent article gave us a top ten list of “things that we can learn about shortages and preparation from the collapse in Greece.” The top five are frightening enough:
- Food shortages can actually happen (indeed, have already begun in Greece, starting with the prisons — and remember, America has more prisons than anybody)
- Medicine is one of the first things to become scarce (which is bad, if you require meds to live)
- The power grid goes down (which means almost everything goes down)
- You can’t even take water for granted (and you can’t live without water)
- Your credit and debit cards will probably stop working
So, congrats to Michelle Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, et al. — they won’t have to preside over the next great crisis. Nor we endure them.
Hey, look on the bright side.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
8 replies on “Yes, It Can Happen Here”
Within about a month of those 5 things happening, about a third of Americans will already be dead.
Meanwhile, as Egypt’s government grinds to a halt and its ability to import the 50% of its food staples (particularly wheat and other grains) upon which its survival depends, we are about to see a dry run — and the starvation deaths of several million Egyptians — there.
While I agree that it can happen here, why exactly is he blaming conservatives for the events that they have fought against since the beginning>
Larry — Perhaps I should have been clearer about “conservative” politicians and not just “conservatives.” But GOP politicians from George W to the folks in Congress share a tremendous amount of blame with “progressive” Dems. Even today, the congressional leadership is fiddling about the edges mostly.
Not your best squib, Paul. The situation is too complicated for such a short comment, and focusing in “who’s to blame” is a useless enterprise in dealing with ANY problem.
Yeah, some conservatives fought some programs from the beginning. But most sort of gave up. And the now-deified Ronald Reagan solidified deficit spending and increasing debt — made conservatives and neocons in the GOP “OK with deficits.” So the current mess is definitely bipartisan. But a few conservative people are innocent.
Of course, progressives will say that “if only we had been allowed to tax enough,” things would now be better.
“Nor we endure them. Hey, look on the bright side.” That was a totally classless and graceless comment, Paul. Michelle Bachmann is truly one who fights against big government and eternal government borrowing, so what’s your problem? Has big media painted your view of her? I always figured you for a fairly smart man…maybe not as much as I thought.
Hey Paul, you said:
“So, congrats to Michelle Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, et al. — they won’t have to preside over the next great crisis. Nor we endure them.”
You forgot Ron Paul. We don’t have to endure him either. Just sayin’.
Or as you put it:
“Hey, look on the bright side.”
RH, Rollin L — I was trying to make light, not be mean. And I started to add Ron Paul (who you know I’m very fond of) but he has not stepped out of the race totally. Clearly I’m not as smart or witty or charming as I thought.