09-12-2008, 11:46 AM
The thing is that the USSR was collapsed, rather than collapsed of its own accord. This was part of the long-term strategy that Reagan brought to the table. After its collapse the West stepped in to exploit the vast natural wealth of the Soviet empire.
I think the US is different in that it is economically mated to all the major economies of the world. Something like 80% of all the US Treasuries in circulation are held overseas, mostly by foreign central banks.
Let's be sure what we're saying here. If the US goes we all go. And it won't be pretty. A global economic collapse will be like nothing any of us have ever witnessed or experienced before. Imagine empty shelves on supermarkets for months on end. No utilities. No sanitation. No clean water. Just utter chaos.
I have a suspicion that the US will go -- and within a few short years too.
Hope to hell I'm wrong though.
I think the US is different in that it is economically mated to all the major economies of the world. Something like 80% of all the US Treasuries in circulation are held overseas, mostly by foreign central banks.
Let's be sure what we're saying here. If the US goes we all go. And it won't be pretty. A global economic collapse will be like nothing any of us have ever witnessed or experienced before. Imagine empty shelves on supermarkets for months on end. No utilities. No sanitation. No clean water. Just utter chaos.
I have a suspicion that the US will go -- and within a few short years too.
Hope to hell I'm wrong though.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14