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This is the only thing I've read in the recent posts. I'd like to touch on a subject I know very little about. I'm not sure that it's capitalism that's the problem, isn't it more the Federal Reserve that's not even a part of the government that we owe all our debt to?Yes, most of our debt is held by the Federal Reserve. That is a part of capitalism though. Fed is and isn't part of the government though. It's a tricky relationship. They can't print money with the government's consent, but they operate as a private organization and can buy debt. My guess is that the reason they hold so much U.S. debt is because they are so close to the actual government. they don't have to worry about not getting paid by the government because they actually make the governments money. I'm not going to pretend I know a lot about this situation, but that's what I've gathered. I don't believe the Fed is the biggest problem, because it is technically supposed to act in the best interests of the U.S. and the economy, that is assuming it has good leadership, which can always be a problem. Capitalism is flawed, there is no denying that, it is just the least flawed system we have come up with so far.
lawl. alot of countries are already trying to switch from the US dollar to euro or other currencies..your post is so faceplam worthy I don't know where to start.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html
http://standardtimespress.org/?p=137
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/US_dollar_no_longer_accepted_at_Taj_Mahal_and_other_Indian_historical_sites
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/02/03/mexican-government-successfully-sheds-th
even mexico is starting to reject the US dollar. Research it. (not talking bout watching cnn or fox)
lawl again. What do you think the point is in printing money? and we put it into the economy when needed?... like, when gas prices go up? food? The more money printed by the federal reserve, the more debt for the country, the more the american's pay, due to your $$ being worth less.
i found this, this breaks it down better that I ever could. http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/it-is-now-mathematically-impossible-to-pay-off-the-u-s-national-debt
Well as history has proven again and again, 'printing' your way out of debt only prolongs the inevitable. I respect your views, but the whole 'lets keep trying a system that has proven failure'... can't comprehend.
This is how you control yourself. Be being aware and responsible. That's all control is: A sum of awareness and resonsability.
I think people over analyse drugs, I smoke therefore I philosophize. the debate of 'drugs are bad' isnt a debate. Medically they are bad, sure there are things worse then weed, but it is bad.Holy shit. Did skrewy just make a well thought out post? :O
The one cigarette smoker who lives to 80 smoking daily will tell u smoking isnt an issue, the other 200 dead will say, nothing cos they are dead.
if you want to explain the effects it has on the mental state as being 'good or bad' is just as silly, as its relative, some people dont feel like altering there mental state, some do...
if I dont like a type of art, debating wont help... I just dont like it. be a good stoner and dont try to debate how good weed is to people, they have to find out for themselves if they are fans or not.
thats my opinion, arguing wether weed is good and bad is boring and endless, our time is best spent abusing no swearing server rules and photoshop nate into sexually awkward images.
I was at the hospital with mummy about 2 years ago doing tests on my lungs, when they found out I was working at just under half of what I should be ontop of my risk of asthma attacks the doctor told me that I shouldnt smoke weed but eat it.... she could prob have worded it better but I have doctors opinion that I should eat weed, if only I could have gotten a prescription. just a funny event, mum found it funny, having a doctor say its ok to eat weed as long as I dont smoke it...
I'd agree with you on that, spanks, and I could see how you think they're a time waster, killa. It's just that drugs have really grounded my outlook on who I am - they've helped my self esteem a lot as well as giving me the ability to just be comfortable with who I am.Not to be disrespectful but it sounds like you're just trying to justify your bad habit. How can drugs help your self esteem? How can a substance make you more comfortable with who you are? Do you only like yourself when you're high? Because realistically you're only in an altered state of mind while under the influence. Not sure how it would change your views while you're not under the influence. It is possible that your views on life changed, but it's not because of the drugs.
Definitely +1 for you on that last post, Archi. I'm always interested in looking through different windows of perception - I love getting new points of view on life. Drugs have been life changing, but in a good way. They've helped me straighten my priorities out this semester, and I'm doing much better because of it. But you have to be responsible in all of your dealings with drugs.I would love to know how they straightened out your priorities. If anything, i would image drugs being a big time waster. It's not really productive at all.
Something that does not require constant growth to stop it imploding would be a good start.That's a good point, but the economy isn't necessarily based on physical resources. It is also driven by ideas as well as non-physical things. Take the internet for example. The internet is a vast openness that is constantly expanding and anything is pretty much possible. The internet isn't a physical thing. Facebook isn't a physical thing yet is takes in millions of dollars, which helps the economy.
Something cannot contantly grown on a planet of fixed size with a finite amount of resources.
We all fucked, the UK is 1 Trillion pounds in debt, and we are only a small country.If you can come up with a better system I'm sure someone will listen. The fact is, capitalism (although technically the U.S. and Euro countries aren't capitalist, but mixed economies) has been the dominant form of economics for an extremely long time. So far no one has come up with anything better. What makes you think that a better economics system is possible?
We need to wipe the slate clean and start again.
We need to end capitalism, and invent an economic system that does not rely on debt and growth to service that debt. and not communism that creates too much corruption and abuse.
I like to call the system we have now smash and grab capitalism, everyone knows its all a load of bollox and to implode soon so just grab what you can, get as rich as you can while it lasts.
Again were all fucked.
I think our major problem is, that our US dollar isnt backed by shit. It's just printable. We print Millions every couple weeks, and bail out banks and other companies (that are funded by feds) by just printing paper. The more money we print, the less value our dollar has, which is why prices on everything go up each and every year.A few things.
Now if we backed the US dollar with gold and silver, prices would stay pretty consistent. The price of things don't really go up, your dollar is just becomes worth less than before.
And looking even deeper into the situation, I (and many others) believe that one day, nobody will want the US dollar. Right now the US dollar is the international currency, meaning, if Russia wants to buy oil from Iran, they have to exchange Russia currency into US dollar, and Iran has to exchange their money into US currency to do the oil trade. Then Iran would have to exchange currencies once again. basically huge hassle for some paper that isn't backed by shit.
Another interesting fact, Major countries of the UN had a meeting last year (leaving America out) and they want to change the world currency to Euro.
Now if that happened (or when), I would expect America to go into another great depression, banks closing and taking the money, ect ect...
long story short, you should invest in something REAL, like gold or silver...or anything that has some kind of value other than green printed money. would be a good investment in long run.
just my 2 cents.
PS: i dont think 2012 is last year of life, but ironically enough, my bday is on 'dooms day'. 12/21/2012
so you can hang out with me if you want to live 8) lol.
Probably because Pball has online physics.That makes sense.
Enabling full shadows allows you to see the enemy's shadow near walls or sometimes through. You misunderstood, Killa.heh, maybe I did. But he did bring up hacks a lot in the other thread. I assumed he was talking about shadow bot.
I think.
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