The Country, indeed the World is falling deeper and deeper into what sure looks like a Depression to me.
Depression is an economic term as well as a psychological one.
The classic definition of an economic Depression has probably not been achieved yet, but the incoming effects are obvious to anyone who deals with business and work. Things have slowed down, and are getting slower.
The Psychological effects , at this time, are less obvious but more ominous.
People are becoming short tempered and more irritable.
Nice and sweet are in short supply, and everyone appears to be ready to argue about anything.
Our population, especially under age 40-45 is not ready for difficult times.
We have lived through several decades of mild recessions, and quick easy fixes.
Even the dot com, followed by 9/11, was a relatively easy fix compared to the current morass.
Nice is the operative hope.
Nasty is the sad reality.
People are worried and stressed, and looking for something…anything to strike back at.
What a sad state of affairs!!
“People are worried and stressed, and looking for something…anything to strike back at.”
Good thing the people have become too complacent for anything major to occur. Remember the days of true protests and civil unrest? While definitely a trying time, they were also a time of action, and civil unrest, where people took responsibility for what occurred and tried to change it. But, as sad as we are with the current situation, I would much rather play my wii and then watch the big game, and then go out to Best Buy and purchase the newest overpriced ipod and take pictures of it and post in on my myspace page.
i believe barack obama has a myspace page too.