I guess the consensus is everything is as good as it can get and getting better all the time. So shut up and get with the program. (In practice that seems to mean squirrel away as much money as one can, and then withdraw from anything other than tinkering with the details of cheap living and consumer spending and doing enough housework to keep whoever is boss happy.
Might as well close up history departments and the rest of non-technical universities, and be done with this idle speculation. And get rid of opinion pieces, and magazines like Foreign Affairs.
I am somewhat amazed by the "après moi, le déluge" sentiment. I thought that a concern for well being that went beyond one's own self and time was accepted as a virtue, but not in these parts apparently. But one little historical detail might question someone's confidence that even if difficulty did arrive, it would be a very long time coming. In the thirties, when much of Europe was exploring or jumping into fascist statism we in America were getting close to various statist solutions, mostly of the leftward leaning variety. So how many years elapsed between the roaring twenties and the severe challenges of the 30s, even here in America?
While I appreciate Audrey giving me an age pass- well you will surely not be around to see any of this- I think that even my feeble body might be able to keep going long enough for some play-out using timetables from recent history.
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