Actually I'm serious. I think the country will continue to undergo a series of transformative changes that neither party has the power to prevent. Thus I am more apolitical than at any time in my life. I agree with you Kate. I think our "dream time" of becoming the richest, most powerful nation on Earth following the end of WWII is coming to an end. The time when our 5% of the world's population consumed 25% of the world's resources is over.
We've seeded the world with our TV and movies, translated into every tongue, and sold the world on competitive dog-eat-dog capitalism. Mud hutters everywhere watch our TV, rise up and say, "I want me some of THAT!" They're a lot more motivated than we are, will put up with crap we'd never accept to get it.
Their chasing a lie they can never have. The math doesn't work, for us or for them. For us, it means our 5% of the world will eventually consume 5% of the world's output, a massive comedown. For them, it means they will do better, but not as well as we had it in the 20th century.
Barring WWIII or some massive, population reducing disease or famine, that's the future. Neither political party can even acknowledge it. |
