I'm not so sure I'm impressed by this. Even in the US there have been cycles where this phenomenon has waxed and waned.
The last cycle was broken by the wake-up calls of Socialism and then the Nazis.
It would seem that there are always better examples we can look for and grim warning signs that we should watch out for. My hope is that we can learn from them without having to have genocidal maniacs knocking on our own doorstep. Unlikely for the next two years, but not impossible.
As for predicting doom- someday, I'm going to make a fortune off of some doom-sayer who's willing to bet lots of $$$ that they believe they're going to lose anyway when the world/the US/whatever ends. You'd think I'd have learnt my lesson after all money got siezed by the Govt. after the Y2K riots, but I'm just doomed to keep reliving my mistakes.
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The last cycle was broken by the wake-up calls of Socialism and then the Nazis.
It would seem that there are always better examples we can look for and grim warning signs that we should watch out for. My hope is that we can learn from them without having to have genocidal maniacs knocking on our own doorstep. Unlikely for the next two years, but not impossible.
As for predicting doom- someday, I'm going to make a fortune off of some doom-sayer who's willing to bet lots of $$$ that they believe they're going to lose anyway when the world/the US/whatever ends. You'd think I'd have learnt my lesson after all money got siezed by the Govt. after the Y2K riots, but I'm just doomed to keep reliving my mistakes.