That was as good as a post gets. You could post it as it’s own thread for thought provoking insight. This place has so many deep thinking individuals. Again, the only challenge is cutting through the noise.
I was going to refer to one Freeper in particular, but he hasn’t been bothering us in a long time and I would rather keep it that way than call him out and have him ruin every economic thread. These discussions are really enlightening and I don’t want to invite the trouble-makers to turn them into flame wars.
Notice the absence of flame-wars since the economy turned down in earnest? There is no more talk of us being “doom and gloomers”. There is no more false optimism and glossing over the true structural problems in the economy. Those folks are staying off our threads and letting us just cut to the heart of the discussions without all the disruptive noise.
I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. Only the people really interested in knowing where the economy is going and what is happening in this crisis are really paying attention in these threads right now.
In previewing this, I apologize for sounding egotistical. That is not my intent and there is no avoiding that egotistical tone in writing. My point was only, we can get down to the business of business and not be diverted having to defend ourselves from capricious attacks or waste a lot of time rebutting ignorant statement. It is a nice change in the tone of the discussion. It is like having all adults in the discussion as opposed to the previous, where the kids were just being disruptive.
Thank-you for the kind words. Such are always valued.