re: Am I wrong for thinking we're boned as a country financially?

Yeah, it's pretty much monopoly money until someone gets financially smart enough to overthrow the dollar. The globalist counter to that is to create a digital currency, at which point we pretty much become peasants.

In isolation? Yes. We’re boned.

The problem is that finance is international. The weird thing is that despite our practically suicidal policies over the past couple decades, most of the rest of the world has been even worse. It’s like we’re running a footrace with our shoes tied together, but our opponents sawed their feet off with a chainsaw. We’re behaving like morons, and yet everyone seems to be somehow, out moroning us.

Our problems, despite our best efforts, pale in comparison to China, Germany, the UK, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc. Even Japan and South Korea are boned long term.

Just about the only nations doing an even remotely competent job right now are France and India, and France is one bad soccer match away from beheading everyone in their government responsible for their success.

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Yes, in fact there is.

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Again, we switch to the gold standard and the worldwide economic collapse happens more quickly

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defaulting doesn't sound so scary any more like it used to


I've heard it for so long now I'm numb to it I guess.

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Well and it's become highly partisan.

Default doesn't sound bad because it's being used as a rhetorical weapon by the DEMs, currently, when we all know if a default happens, it will be because of the DEMs

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If you think we're boned, think about our kids and grandkids

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This the crazy part. We watched what happened when Greece got thrown into chaos, and we're seeing the French citizens do everything they can to stop themselves from going down that path.

At the path we're on before long the cost to pay interest on the debt will consume an overwhelming majority of tax revenue, meaning the government will have to borrow massively more to pay for the rest of it and they show no sign of spending less. There could be a point where tax revenues no longer even cover interest.

What happens when people start losing faith in the US government and don't buy securities? Print all the money you need to cover debts, US currency becomes worthless.

Bad things ahead.

Nobody wants to touch social security, Medicare, Medicaid, or defense so yes we're screwed. Instead of going after where the money is being spent they complain about the pennies of snap benefits etc. Until we get serious well just keep sinking

I fear that I'm becoming one of those people who don't vote because they think it is a futile gesture.

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and we're seeing the French citizens do everything they can to stop themselves from going down that path.

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Wait you have to explain this. Aren't there riots promoting Greece-like policies in response to cuts to reasonable policies dealing with a public pension program that isn't sustainable?

The money printed is to pay for stuff. Our taxes are used to line their pockets. It’s our tip to them for xcking us in the @ss.

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The problem is our military is the enforcing arm of a monetary system that is wholly reliant upon coercive violence to maintain it’s global hegemony

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Where you see a problem I see a solution.

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And here we have it folks. This is the reigning ethic of the Deep State: might makes right.