We do tend to notice things which have declined easier, or just fear that they have. Whereas the bad things of the past are forgotten about or even romanticised. In 1974 for example there was pretty … (View Post)

Opportunities for what ? Getting a skillset ? Getting a job ? Getting a house ? Depending on what an individual wants opportunities vary from place to place. You'll likely have more opportunities for… (View Post)

I'm sure that we've passed the tipping point where it is now far more profitable to be a consultant or lawyer involved in 'process' than to be the producer of the end product. Especially so when ther… (View Post)

That this nation, under lawyers, shall have a new birth of laws and that government of the lawyers, by the lawyers, for the lawyers, shall not perish from the earth. (View Post)

Ultimately there is no way out except for lower living standards or higher productivity. With the first being very difficult politically and the second very difficult economically. (View Post)