People were buying homes with nothing down and buying stocks with no “fundamentals” to support their purchases. Meanwhile wages were stagnant and we all went into larger and larger debt to maintain our “current standard of living.” We built inefficient cars (and other products) and bought foreign ones – do you know who makes your iPad (John McCain did not)?

And we will continue to scapegoat the CEOs and their corporate masters – to whom we have (through our elected representatives) given the same rights as human beings.

And we have ignored the presence of a Post-Globalization labor force with which we now have to compete. “Compete,” a seemingly new word (verb, imperative) in the American Lexicon.

This state of affairs was predicted in 1996 (and before) by the authors of “The Sovereign Individual.” The authors, William Rees-Mogg and James Dale Davidson, were eerily accurate in their prognosis.

We are all witnessing the transition of our society — our GLOBAL society — from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. Trouble is, we are in the middle of that transition, not anywhere close to the end, and it will get worse, a lot worse, before it gets better. At least for those of us still camped in America.

I see so many people talk about jobs as if they were entitlements. They’re not. None of us even have the slightest claim on life itself, let alone a comfortable existence. That frame of thinking is nothing but an insidious normalcy bias that tells folks that things will always be as they have been. That is not the way the universe works.

I’ll fight the corporate elites and the political stoolies because their actions directly harm me and people I love, and they don’t care about that. I don’t expect them to care. But I similarly do not care what discomfort they themselves feel, and neither should any of you.

Rees-Mogg and Davidson predicted, ultimately, the disintegration of national governments, and the localization and privatization of the use of force for wealth creation and wealth protection. That is occurring, though most people are blind to it. What to do about it?

Get your hind end off your thumb and MAKE your job. Do something! Don’t buy into the crap on television, refuse to be hypnotized. Learn something new, because you’ll need it. Find out how to save, how to supply yourself with food and water for an extended period of unrest, and how to protect what you have. Associate with other people who are doing the same. Avoid the distraction and stupidity of politics, because it is nothing but a red herring intended to lead the bulk of the populace astray, to keep them “occupied,” and your votes don’t count. Only wealth counts at this point in terms of the direction of national governance.

It’s a new world kiddies, and it’s going to be a heck of a ride.

How do we as true American’s first, then people that “love” their neighbors secondly change this dynamic???

Simply put, take money out of politics – (actually impossible) and do term limits on a even/odd rotating system. This way half the politicians in have experience and the other half is learning –

God love the U. S., becasue thats all we have!!!

The old asian proverb of How do you eat an elephant? (one bite at a time) barely applies here.

The 90′s was the last chance America had to save herself, but instead of heeding the warnings about globalization of your left leaning rock-bands like Pearl Jam and RATM it was more empowering to dismiss them weak and communist. When by supporting & cheerleading the designed “overheating” of the economy YOU were actually helping the TRUE lefties and communists achieve their long term goal of draining America of her wealth and then blaming it on the weakness of her citizens.

YOU were ALL CONNED! and the sooner you wake up to this FACT the sooner we can all get around to correcting it.

Ask yourself “who do I follow?” is it your boss? your Spouse? parents? clergy? government? media? commanding officer? Chances are they, either knowingly or unknowingly, follow this top down style of leadership.

Why do all these world leaders discuss “the economy” like it is a superior being worthy of our adoration, or a demon that is scapegoated at the first sign of trouble?

Do these decisions often work-out in your favor? make you happy?

Then why are you still following them?

Its THEIR game, YOU just play it with your life.

THEY tell you what to like, YOU buy it.

THEY write the rules, YOU don’t even question them.

THEY set the fees and collect the taxes, YOU pay for it.

YOU think THEY have all the power.

THEY survive on those who think like that.

Since the dawn of mankind, the MAJORITY has always ruled.

Seriously, the middle class has the votes?

We vote for the people that the business class puts on the ballot, ergo, the middle class vote is a business class vote. Not only is one vote useless, but all the votes are useless in this scheme.

American voters, for the most part, are clueless.

My conclusion is tht they are either VERY stupid or VERY selfish. Neither is a positive trait.

Will it ever get better? I honestly don’t think so because the rich won’t give up anything to help this country. In fact, on many forums, some rich are saying they will just move over seas where they and their families can live well for generations to come because the wages are so low.

Our politicians won’t help the situation. Most of them are millionaires already. They can afford to live on their own little island in Dubai.

I’ve NEVER been pesimistic about my fellowman before, but this crisis has gone on too long for me to look at it with rose colored glasses anymore.

When you say pro-American, you have to realize that USA is the champion in capitalism and profits the only goal.

You said “Business decisions are always made based on profits (i.e. return on investment), and only when investors realize it is no longer profitable to export US jobs will those jobs return”.

The irony is profits are maximized when jobs are exported. All the CEO’s are not really that bright. They only need to set up factories in China or Sri Lanka to achieve high profits. The CEO’s and those working/living in the White House will ALWAYS maintain their living standards regardless of the unemployment rate.

Don’t get me wrong, all my sympathy is with you and the public. My point is once our CEO’s taste blood like Dracula did, there is no turning back. There is no alternative for them to maintain the kind of profitability after they have shifted production overseas or contract production there.

Which brings me to Apple. Do you think their share would be worth $350 and making obscene sales and profits had they not contract production to Foxconn and made it’s owner the richest man in Taiwan?

The other point is Americans are so addicted to consumerism. If Americans REALLY want their jobs back, STOP buying products made in countries where there are no unionized labor. That would put USA on level playing field and get the chance to retrieve your jobs. In reality, no one would respond to this kind of suggestion. So there goes your viable solution.

Changing the politicians mentality would be just a dream.
They are controlled by those who got USA where it is now in the first place. You think these 2 groups give a heck what happens to the middle class and below?