People don’t generally learn until they try something and it goes poorly for them. Sorry, but that’s just how it works. In fact, it’s almost illogical at this point not to suck up as much government largesse as possible, because many people have indeed been on the upside of this for a long time. Experience has taught them that wealth redistribution (corporate and private welfare) pays. Sure. We know it’s going to collapse at some point, but that hasn’t happened, yet. It will keep growing until the point where it can’t. Then it will stop.
I’m sorry to say articles like this will almost certainly not change government. We can hope enough responsible, independent Americans still exist to stop it before it reaches its inevitable conclusion, but there’s simply no evidence of that. Again, sorry. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying, but we should be aware of the odds against us.
We should try to take steps to protect ourselves from the coming American decline or collapse. Knowing what steps to take is the difficult part for me.
Stupid people don’t have the opportunity to learn things the hard way in the USA anymore and it’s just getting worse.
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement.
Going Galt is the only option left.
Ayn Rand nailed it.