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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (173300)	6/18/2021 5:29:49 PM
From: sense	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217906

or my understanding of nuance of English dialect used in America is behind the times... The usage of "when" as an alternative to if... is an escalatory act... that removes the obstacle to the suspension of disbelief that is naturally inherent in the use of "if"... And, by crossing the lines in grammar... it implies a bit of sarcasm... while also denying the induction of "that probably won't happen" as the unthinking first knee jerk response to the use of "if"... It takes the form of a factual conditional... in an instance where there will not be confusion about the hypothetical nature of the statement... and then substitutes the factual for a hypothetical conditional... the result of which is the creation of a bit of sarcasm in relation to the cognitive dissonance imposed by the use of the factual versus hypothetical in the conditional... The use means... not that I'm predicting you will be murdered... but that I'm denying you the instantaneous ability to refuse to accept that it might happen... ? The forced grinding of grammatical gears intended to induce a more thoughtful consideration... versus rote action in "following the form" of argument by immediately dismissing the probability of the conditional following "if". So, it elevates the theater... while pairing the real potential with the sarcasm in forcing it to be recognized ? The sarcasm also a direct comment on the social trend... as the likelihood increases in direct result of the changing (subject) condition within the society... converting "if" into "when" as a consequence of extending the trend... the /s being implied.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (173300)	6/21/2021 12:24:46 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217906

a real estate frenzy that’s been fueled by rock-bottom interest rates to prop up economies worldwide during the pandemic. My theory is that the Magic Money Tree [MMT] financial relativity theory theorists have got it badly wrong. They have succeeded in adding financial catastrophe to economic disaster based on pandemic pandemonium. Robbing the rich [aka anyone with some money in the bank] is a traditional activity, but it doesn't actually improve things. Zero interest rates = zero income for lifetime hard-earned savings while devaluing said savings at great speed. The tax base also goes to zero from interest bearing taxes. So Big Brother pixelates a pile of money to distribute as magic fairy dust over people of low economic value. All bad. Moral hazard. Anti-VVV. The economies are not propped up. Asset prices soar as people try to save their savings. Mqurice