I'm no expert and don't claim to be one. I don't even follow economic indicators all that closely. But . . . .
The first half of 2022 is behind us now, and we're coming into the stretch of a election year that looks to be dangerous. The "markets" appear to be in trouble even while the corporations are prospering. The filthy rich are getting filthier and richer.
Many many years ago, one of my high school teachers taught that revolutions tend to happen when too many people lose everything, including hope. I've never seen that happen here before, and I've staunchly defended my opinion that until the comfort level drops a lot farther, the American masses will continue to tolerate their own oppression. We came through the 1970s and stagflation. We survived the dot com bubble, and the Enron meltdown, and the housing bubble, and the auto makers' crisis, and the banking crisis. We even managed to come through the defeated former guy's kakistocratic administration if not unscathed, at least still on our collective feet.
Now the delayed action IEDs left behind by DFG and his minions are starting to explode, to devastating effect.
I think we face a choice now, one that may seem simple on the surface but contains hidden risks. Do we go on about our lives as if everything will be fine, do we hunker down fearing the worst, or do we say the hell with it all and party like it's 1999?
Some of us saw all this coming long ago. I've never backed down from my 2008 rant about Obama's transition team. I still believe there was much that happened in those two months that led us to where we are today. But only time will really tell.
Cartoons or not, I'm here for the duration. I think it will be . . . interesting.
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