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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (385882)	10/23/2018 6:58:54 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540751

:) — Historically, for ordinary people, we in the west have lived in the best of times. Ever. Wages. Housing. Food. Abundance. Freedoms. Post '45 to ~ '75-'80 was the apogee. Statistics show the emerging decline for ordinary people, now accompanied globally by growing discord. Long before DT, in 2012 — Predictable, and predicted Disaggregation: Brexit, NATO, Spain & Catalonia, NAFTA, Poland & the EU, the Middle East Climatic events, extreme weather: Rising sea levels, deadly storms, heat, fires & floods, catastrophic rain Mass migrations Polarization - Populism. Rising hatreds and politically-driven antagonism Geopolitical stressors:regional, factional and national rivalries Increasing economic costs: payouts, damages, mitigation, prevention. Socialized losses. Accelerating dominance of capital; gap between rich and poor widens Yeast wins! Jim