Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

[res0nat0r]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

Steve you might be surprised how fast empires actually decline once they start going down hill.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24949.htm

Yes Reso and as i said the world isn't dependant on it like the US

I can see why Niall Ferguson was being extensively quoted in that article above, he does hold a position at Harvard, but also in the wikipedia article about him:

He is best known outside academia for his revisionist views rehabilitating imperialism and colonialism; within academia, his championing of counterfactual history is a subject of some considerable controversy.

Counterfactual history, also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a recent[citation needed] form of historiography which attempts to answer "what if" questions known as counterfactuals.[1] It seeks to explore history and historical incidents by means of extrapolating a timeline in which certain key historical events did not happen or had an outcome which was different from that which did in fact occur.

[res0nat0r]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

Everyone knows that honor is going to China.

[runningman]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

I was referring to consumption. You guys don't have to consume all the goods anymore. The world would like some.

Personal Issue?? HAHA ya right Florida.

[res0nat0r]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

The US is already 13th on the list, not no1 if thats what you are trying to get at...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index

[floridaorange]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

you don't think the world will catch up to the US? Why? You don't think the world deserves it?

Sounds like a personal issue to me.

/just sayin

[Steve Graham]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

no one deserves to be as fucked up as this country is becoming

[runningman]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

you don't think the world will catch up to the US? Why? You don't think the world deserves it?

[Steve Graham]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

got it

[floridaorange]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

^that was so incredibly broad sweeping

and I disagree.

[runningman]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

no I don't perticularly believe that map I just posted it because someone out there does and I thought it would be kind of an eye opener about what happens when you can't pay debts.

Basically it went well with the Greece story about selling the islands. Also why do you completely rule it out? I mean do you think the US will be the empire forever?

I think eventually the rest of the world will catch up to the US. Meaning the US will have a lower standard of lliving and the world will have a higher standard of living (Equal standard of living)

[Steve Graham]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

Steve you might be surprised how fast empires actually decline once they start going down hill.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24949.htm

Yes Reso and as i said the world isn't dependant on it like the US

nothing surprises actually, but you can't honestly sit there with a straight face and think something like that diagram will actually happen.. honestly

I mean, I don't agree with much of what you post here, don't take that personally, I don't really get involved in a lot of this crap that's way beyond my control anyway, and you do typically try to support your points with what you believe is valid data, I'll give you that.. BUT, if you truly believe that this is the path things are actually taking and this is an actual possibility.. I'm sorry, you've lost 100% of my respect of your points of view.. but keep the comedy coming

[res0nat0r]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

[runningman]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

Steve you might be surprised how fast empires actually decline once they start going down hill.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24949.htm

Yes Reso and as i said the world isn't dependant on it like the US

[res0nat0r]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), a subsidiary of the TMX Group Inc., is the largest stock exchange in Canada, the third largest in North America and the eighth largest in the world by market capitalization.

[runningman]

Re: Greece Told to Sell Island for Debt - America's Future?

reso as much as you love to compare canada and the us, the world economy isn't dependant on the canadian economy.

and yes it will suck for canada as well.