I wish it weren’t so. I am guilty of greed in my own way.
God have mercy on us all for throwing away the jewel of political systems and putting our comfort ahead of what is just. For living well beyond our means. For wrecking the future for our children.
If the global dominoes continue to fall, we will face 2009/2010 with a world at war. If the financial system totally goes kaput across the globe, resources will be king, and the resource-poor will take it by force if they don’t have the money to buy it with from the resource-rich. Russia/Georgia is a sneak peek. Wait until they shut the flow of natural gas for good on the rest of Europe.
I’ve been saying it for several months now that this problem will require an international solution. If there is no international solution, there will be international war.
I’m not so sure that would be a bad thing at this point. If nothing else, a lot of liberals would try their kumbaya solutions and get killed, solving the problem permanently.