Doesn't matter. A grudge is a grudge. I get your rationalizations, but it's the same concept.
Doesn't matter. A grudge is a grudge. I get your rationalizations, but it's the same concept.
Keeper and seller of cocks. Currently on the ro[o]ster: 2 cocks, Big Ed and Little Ed, and 3 hens; Angelina Jolie, Missy Eliot and Jane Fonda.
Or if American consumers would pull their heads out of their asses, wake up to economic reality, and not be so greedy in their consumption, that would also solve the problem without government intervention.
Demand is a far greater force than supply. Under our system of government's respect for freedom and autonomy of choice (at least until recently), government controls could only really ever effectively regulate the supply side the equation, which is what tariffs do.
Under this freedom, the consumers of this nation voted to virtually give away a vast majority of our former industrial / technological superiority / might every time they spent a dollar on Asian goods. Simply amazing considering that we spend more per capita than any other industrialized nation (with the sole exception of Switzerland) on education.
It's sad that we're so stupid as a collective that one of the only viable solutions is to limit/restrict our freedoms by implementing supply side controls when it's our apparent collective demand (stupidity) that created the situation in the first place.
People like to blame greedy corporations or government / political parties for our current economic woes. But who's greed is really responsible? Personally, I say that these people need to start looking in the mirror first and foremost. After all, manufacturing could be exclusively done in China/Mexico/Africa/etc, but the only way a greedy corporation could ever profit from such is if their was a demand for such products by people with the means to pay for them. The power of demand is much greater than the power of supply. Our collective consumerist demand for cheap products is what created our current economic situation. People were effectively spending themselves out of a job without even realizing it - just because buying cheap meant that they could have more material possessions. So, was it worth it?
A majority of the people crying/complaining are directly responsible, and yet want to point the finger and blame others.
It's this empathy and attitude that makes me sick more than anything else.
"You can never use too much anti-seize!"
--Josh S.
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Except that in the case of WWII veterans, it's not really a matter of a grudge per say (yes, for some it may be), but more or so economies of scale and patriotism (more about loving America vs hating the former enemy).
The reason that we were able to assist the allied forces in defeating Nazi Germany and effectively defend ourselves against attack by imperialist Japan and eventually defeat them is directly because our past private industrial might allowed us to rapidly mobilize our forces. Would we be able to duplicate such a rapid mobilization today given the current state of our heavy industrial capacity? Doesn't this in fact make us vulnerable to conventional attack by those with greater/superior industrial resources?
"You can never use too much anti-seize!"
--Josh S.
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Wouldn't "former" be the operative word there? I understand your reasoning isn't strictly emotional, but it certainly plays a factor. But kudos on your attempt to be an economic patriot in action and not just name. I think it's a safe assumption that most people who actively fought in WW2, Korea, and VN are close to on their way out, and even so. When hostile actions cease, then it's over and done and life goes on? If one continues to boycott a former enemy's industry, that's a grudge. That's bad blood. Understandable for those directly affected, but remove that a couple, three generations and its just a grudge for the sake of it. Ever since WW2 the worlds march toward global dependent economy became very prevalent. It's important to move on I feel. Again, I get your point, it makes sense from the economic end of things. Bit extreme perhaps, but that's my opinion.
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I love the type 2, but I'm odd in the fact I also like the Vanagon Westfalia from the later part of the 80's and early 90's.
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This has conspiracy written all over it. I must investigate this further and come up with some rock solid theories.
Is it coincidence that Steve just got a ham radio?
Starvation, overpopulation, pollution, global warming, communisim,...all DMCTalk.com's fault
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I'm actually waiting for when he does exactly that. I just got Amazon Prime a year ago, and only later learned why it's such a shitshow. Amazon's a "cheap chinese knockoff" enabler.
What I would've given to have been a fly on the wall of the last "seller celebration" party. Seems like every single seller who attended very vocally bashed Amazon's VP to his face about the growing problem and demanding answers. CEO didn't attend. Wonder why.![]()