DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 A very dark article; but one worth a read, for what he foresees could very well happen. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-collapse/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan in daytona Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 5 hours ago, DarterBlue said: A very dark article; but one worth a read, for what he foresees could very well happen. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-collapse/ My god Darter, you trying to scare the $hit out of everybody....as I curl into a fetal position. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 2 hours ago, dan in daytona said: My god Darter, you trying to scare the $hit out of everybody....as I curl into a fetal position. Not really, but Hedges makes some pretty good points. His point of view explains a lot of the dysfunction we see in modern day society. And, he is right on one thing. Over the last 35 years plus, all the benefits of our economic growth have gone to a very narrow group of people as more and more formerly solidly middle class individuals sink into just barely surviving. This does, indeed, explain why DJT was able to rise to our Presidency. Unfortunately, however, rather than being the answer, he will merely accelerate the existing trend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Troubador Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 10 hours ago, DarterBlue said: A very dark article; but one worth a read, for what he foresees could very well happen. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-collapse/ Thank you for sharing. Read the whole thing. A “bit” hysterical for my tastes and the solutions proposed are presented as “radical” fixes when they’re just standard socialist/Bernie Sanders/very left-wing Democratic Party talking points these days. Still, at a general level I agree with this sentiment from the beginning of the article: “The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 trump twitter this morning pretty much proves this article true. Do you guys follow it daily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, RedZone said: trump twitter this morning pretty much proves this article true. Do you guys follow it daily? Some pretty crazy sh**t, right? How much longer will this go on? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, DarterBlue said: Some pretty crazy sh**t, right? How much longer will this go on? You have 7 more years just like we had to put up with Obama for 8 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 One man single handedly casting doubt on "life" itself everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, HSFBfan said: You have 7 more years just like we had to put up with Obama for 8 years This thread is much too advanced for you, kid. Hush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 31 minutes ago, DarterBlue said: How much longer will this go on? Take, hsfb. He's holding on to the only win he's ever had in his pitiful life. "trump". Much like trump's redneck base. They "won" something. They think. Reality? There is NO reality any longer. It's just what "trump says". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolsomPrisonBlues Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, Drummer61 said: Read about this writer....Why didn't more poor people vote for Trump ?? Poor whites did in mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 51 minutes ago, Hardcore Troubador said: “The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay.” I believe this to be very true. There is NO administration though. Only "trump". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolsomPrisonBlues Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Drummer61 said: Read the article again......and why not blacks too as they also had job challenges.... Blacks feel alienated by the Repub party. Plus, most red controlled states in the south, where the population has a lot of blacks, is still just as worse off now as it was 40 years ago. No change. Poor whites feel disenfranchised by the Dems because that is the one class that has taken more of a nose dive than any in the last 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Drummer61 said: Read the article again......and why not blacks too as they also had job challenges.... It would have been very hard for poor blacks to vote for him in mass when the tone of his campaign gave succor to racism. Just saying ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Every morning the trump administration clicks on trump twitter (thinks WTF) and spends the rest of day explaining, lying, and creating mass chaos to cover up complete stupidity. If they press trump too much they are given their marching papers. "twitter" is the trump administration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolsomPrisonBlues Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Drummer61 said: Why don't blacks feel that the Democrats are controlling them ??? Their policies do... Because many reside in states where Republicans control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, Drummer61 said: Actually, Hedges is a radical socialist -anti Capitalist who gladly does well financially in that system...Wack job......In with the likes of Norm Chomsky and Cornell West...Class dismissed.... Noam Chomsky is a preeminent scholar. He is not a wack job. That because he views society differently than you leads to such stigmatizing on your part is the reason right there why I could never support the right in this country. Way too many authoritarian tendencies foremost of which is the desire to suppress free thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus69 Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 4 hours ago, DarterBlue said: Not really, but Hedges makes some pretty good points. His point of view explains a lot of the dysfunction we see in modern day society. And, he is right on one thing. Over the last 35 years plus, all the benefits of our economic growth have gone to a very narrow group of people as more and more formerly solidly middle class individuals sink into just barely surviving. This does, indeed, explain why DJT was able to rise to our Presidency. Unfortunately, however, rather than being the answer, he will merely accelerate the existing trend! Nobody wants to listen to me and Bernie..... Rufus>> 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolsomPrisonBlues Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Drummer61 said: Detroit, Chicago, LA, ST Louis , Mass. NY state, all of Calf, and many other and Democrat areas, all of So Fla and like that...Nah.....😏😏 You mostly list cities. Not states. And the poorest blacks in this country, mostly reside in the red south. There is a pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, Drummer61 said: I have read Norm and West a lot...Both for me are smart,but are avowed Marxists...I If you have read Chomsky, I don't see how you could conclude he is a Marxist. West, perhaps, but Chomsky is merely a critic of contemporary corporate capitalism. There is a big difference between that and a Marxist. Heck, the type of capitalism that existed in Marx's time on earth was very, very different from what we have today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Drummer61 said: I NEVER....... You have never what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 When dumber61 takes over/invades it's time to bail quickly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan in daytona Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 28 minutes ago, RedZone said: When dumber61 takes over/invades it's time to bail quickly. A true "Looney Toon." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, dan in daytona said: A true "Looney Toon." I wonder, sometimes, if he drinks too heavily or is he just addled? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Drummer61 said: What was you favorite book...Seriously.. My favorite book was, The Myth of Sisyphus. It was written by Camus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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