Higgenbotham wrote: ... the last 3 major disasters that I can think of are Fukushima (2011), the BP Oil Spill (2010), and the Greek Tragedy (2010 and ongoing). Thinking of these disasters or choosing some disasters that you feel are more appropriate, can you think of anything that's been learned in the past 11 years from the series of major disasters that have occurred since 9-11, by any generation, in any country? Because, seriously, I can't. The only change in behavior that I can see due to the previous disasters is to make a more concerted effort at denial, lying, coverups, and can kicking as soon as there's any hint that a new disaster is unfolding or an ongoing one is resurfacing. Case in point last month was the Merkel government's response to German debt being put on negative watch by Moody's.
I know you did not phrase that as a general question. But I am going to take a shot at it anyway.
Learning something, and changing something is not the same thing.
One can only change that which one has the power to change, and that one knows he has the power to change, and that he knows how to change.
Everyone from the primarily older Tea Party members to the primarily younger Occupy Wall Street movement, and everyone in between, learned the bankers ripped everyone off and the politicians can not be trusted. As an example less than 20% of the U.S. population have a favorable view of Congress.
The Greeks learned they can not trust their own government elites nor can they trust the European elites. They are just evenly split on whether to leave the Euro or trying trusting the European elites one more time.
I will pass on the BP issue.
The Tea Party and the OWS folks actually have plans they are trying to implement to fix it. The Tea Party is attempting to use the ballot box to elect people to Congress to fix the deficit by reducing government spending and reducing the size of government and reducing the control and regulation by government; and the OWS folks believe you can change things by bringing down the existing institutions using civil disobedience and using statism controlled by consensus. Everyone else apparently does not believe they have the power
Everyone knows the banking system is either Ti... Up, Fu..... Up or both. They are just divided on what to do about. Some of the choices are more government regulations, bankruptcy for the failed banks, hang the bankers, other actions, or some combination..
The people in Japan learned they could not trust their own government to tell them the truth nor to protect them. A big shock for the Japanese.
[quote="Higgenbotham"] ... the last 3 major disasters that I can think of are Fukushima (2011), the BP Oil Spill (2010), and the Greek Tragedy (2010 and ongoing). Thinking of these disasters or choosing some disasters that you feel are more appropriate, can you think of anything that's been learned in the past 11 years from the series of major disasters that have occurred since 9-11, by any generation, in any country? Because, seriously, I can't. The only change in behavior that I can see due to the previous disasters is to make a more concerted effort at denial, lying, coverups, and can kicking as soon as there's any hint that a new disaster is unfolding or an ongoing one is resurfacing. Case in point last month was the Merkel government's response to German debt being put on negative watch by Moody's.
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I know you did not phrase that as a general question. But I am going to take a shot at it anyway.
Learning something, and changing something is not the same thing.
One can only change that which one has the power to change, and that one knows he has the power to change, and that he knows how to change.
Everyone from the primarily older Tea Party members to the primarily younger Occupy Wall Street movement, and everyone in between, learned the bankers ripped everyone off and the politicians can not be trusted. As an example less than 20% of the U.S. population have a favorable view of Congress.
The Greeks learned they can not trust their own government elites nor can they trust the European elites. They are just evenly split on whether to leave the Euro or trying trusting the European elites one more time.
I will pass on the BP issue.
The Tea Party and the OWS folks actually have plans they are trying to implement to fix it. The Tea Party is attempting to use the ballot box to elect people to Congress to fix the deficit by reducing government spending and reducing the size of government and reducing the control and regulation by government; and the OWS folks believe you can change things by bringing down the existing institutions using civil disobedience and using statism controlled by consensus. Everyone else apparently does not believe they have the power
Everyone knows the banking system is either Ti... Up, Fu..... Up or both. They are just divided on what to do about. Some of the choices are more government regulations, bankruptcy for the failed banks, hang the bankers, other actions, or some combination..
The people in Japan learned they could not trust their own government to tell them the truth nor to protect them. A big shock for the Japanese.