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To: bart13 who wrote (94321)	9/6/2012 10:30:54 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217865

Rebalancing will be made on the back of the middle classes. Everywhere. How it was before: Governments, in this experiment post-French Revolution called representative democracy, create middle classes, got their compliance and have social peace. There were lots of poor people in those countries but middle classes would clamor for more cops and tough laws. Government appeased middle classes and they voted them into power. At governments' disposal was the money government extorted from the economy and public policies to manage the interests of the populations. Such as: 1 Subsidies to sectors where middle classes would be falling off due to technology changes and foreign competition. 2 Social programs. 3 Military spending to provide jobs. 4 Lots of public servants jobs. 5 Non tariff barriers to protect the jobs of middle class people from competition of cheaper foreign manpower. The spanner in the works is: Tax revenues low prevents 1,2,3 and 4. Globalization means no longer possible 5. Higher nr. of older folks means also more spending and less revenue to invest in social peace via supporting the middle class. The ‘system is rigged’ against you news.yahoo.com

To: bart13 who wrote (94321)	9/6/2012 3:18:26 PM
From: Maurice Winn	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217865

With all due respect bart, I don't see anything much related to what I have explained. No sun-spots, no eco-stripping of carbon, no chlorophyll vs frozen water cycles and the conclusion is the opposite of mine [not that I have read much of his theories so maybe this is wrongly interpreted from him <The next great shift of power is to the East and is exemplified by the ascendancy of China, Japan, and Russia. We are now in the 27th cold-dry phase of the 100-year weather cycle since 540 BC, and the first such since the 1800s. This is also the fifth --- and coldest --- phase of the 6th 500-year cycle of weather determined by Dr. Wheeler. Also, we are approaching the climax of a 1,000-year weather cycle that will produce record high temperatures during the first half of the 21st century. >] cyclesresearchinstitute.org Nor did I see a 2020 foresight prediction. Nor much of my amazing theory which was developed quarter of a century ago for a 12 year old's science project on CO2 and climate. But he has the right sort of idea, including the rise and fall of civilisations. For example, the Mongol hordes rampaged from the north during the medieval warming, but it must have become as bleak as Greenland for the Vikings when the Little Ice Age got a grip. Egypt was the centre of civilisation coming out of the last glaciation. Then Rome did pretty well for a few centuries. But the centre of gravity shifted north, then burst out into the wide open plains and vast coast to coast opportunity of North America with the hunter gatherer Amerindians unable to hold the fort. Now, the next amazingly fantastic move is underway, as he but he did not identify it. It is the move to Cyberspace and mobile Cyberspace at that. The temporal atavistic barbarians have had their day. The industrial revolution was just a bit of a warm up, with the end result being A380s which zoom around the globe 12 kilometres high at 1000 km per hour, with 500 people traveling in style. My ancestors sailed to NZ 140 years ago, with people dying on the way, over a period of months, in literal do or die expeditions. Now we float around the skies, free as a bird. Next up is Cyberspace. 3D manifestations in high resolution will be part of it. "Being there" will be a bit confusing. Already, "Photos don't lie" is an anachronism, with photos mere pixels in any form the creator likes. Mqurice