None of Beck’s predictions panned out.........
Yes, but the more important point, at least, is that, following the Roman model, we will continue the inexorable downward slide, each new generation only somewhat aware of the losses of the last.
His prediction that the OWS movement wouldn’t go away, panned out.
His prediction that racial violence would uptick, panned out.
Doom and gloom sells.
But not everything he says is wrong.
It turned out this same person had most of his retirement invested in Wachovia stock. He has lost it. He also has lots of really expensive toys that he has to make payments on, and at least he owns his home outright. I hope he didn't use home equity to buy that huge RV...now he's getting too old to work, and his business was dependent on a lot of real estate transactions.
But he doesn't necessarily regard me as having any sense, experience, brains or judgement for warning him about banks and corruption. And we'll continue to downplay Beck as a nut, even as he made enough buying gold to buy himself a whole network...