I guess it's what you define as conservative/liberal. I agree if you define conservative as religious extremists. It frustrates me to no end that people cling to 2000+ year old fantasies born in the age of ignorance. Especially when proven records disprove a lot of it. Today is a perfect example. Jesus was born in the spring. Joseph and Mary were traveling for the documented census so we know it's a fact. Xmas was simply a kidnapping of the Pagan holiday so they could gain control and increase their following. It's always been about control, facts be damned.
On the other hand, a lot of liberal dogma is just plain the opposite of common sense and has produced plenty of evidence it doesn't work.
As they used to say in the military, I'm not bigoted, I hate both sides equally. LOL it's just that recently, the liberal retardation has been so over the top, it makes the easiest target. Celebrate criminals, psychotics while defunding and handcuffing the police then wondering why the murder rate is skyrocketing. Duh!!!
I was thinking again this morning like I do every Saturday and Sunday mornings about big picture economics. It was occuring to me how as usual, the PC rhetorical arguments were likely wrong. While not a good thing human rights wise I totally agree, China's past one child policy may actually prove to have been a smart move in the long run.
In the 70s and early 80s, everyone was freaking out about overpopulation, future food shortages etc. Still a likely looming issue in Africa and India. China is now looking at a shrinking and aging demographic. Everyone is screaming about how GDP will shrink, employment shortages etc. In reality, they still have a high unemployment rate for young men. With increasing use of robotics and AI in the future, less workers is likely a good thing. National GDP could decline but per Capita share could increase. Each person would be better off as they get a larger share of production.
Same here with our current "crisis". The powers that be don't like it but this past year saw the "haves" lose as the equity and bond markets decline. Meanwhile the serf have-nots saw wages increase, housing costs coming down and then getting in the driver's seat when it comes to job searches. Tech yuppies are finding out they aren't so essential after all. They're starting to regret PC policies as their neighborhoods are getting over run with homeless camps and syringes laying in the kid's playgrounds.
Looking at long term charts, I'm just wondering where one can hide with a long term buy and hold and keep up with 5% inflation and constant increasing taxes as government keeps getting more bloated, corrupt and inefficient.
I was shocked at a lot of what I was looking at yesterday. Oil service sector has actually lost value over the last 50 years. If we revert to the mean, most sectors would drop a lot. The best odds that have long term survival and profitability prospects are still over valued at current prices. |
