re: #153 palomino

True that. Half the country has no idea what’s going on. The other half is pissed but mostly doesn’t know who to blame, so they often lash out with inarticulate rage. As a nation we’ve had it so good for so long, we don’t know how to respond to the worst economy in 80 years. The Great Depression spawned some violence, but it also had a unifying effect. Maybe the country is too big and diverse now for that kind of unity to return. Even the post-9/11 “era of good feelings” didn’t last long.

That’s because it all started with the creation of the Federal Reserve and our leaving the gold standard.

/i seriously swear every time i hear that argument i just want to go out and get a gold coin for my collection just so i can tell them to stfu