Just What Is The Lifespan of a Country?
No matter which candidate wins, the pattern continues to play itself out.
No matter which candidate wins, the pattern continues to play itself out.
(Activist Post) - It will be no secret to readers that more and more people are coming to the realization that the economic, political, and social problems in the world are becoming quite pronounced – worse than at any other point in their lifetimes. Increasingly, such people are turning to publications such as this one to find answers as to: (a) where it will all end; and (b) how they can personally avoid (or at least minimize) the damage to themselves, personally.
Publications such as this one do their best to inform people as to how they may positively affect their future; however, in order for people to make informed choices, they must first understand the nature of their situation. One of the misperceptions that seems to be almost universal is that, although things are bad, there is no particular reason why, if the right people were in charge, the situation could not simply reverse itself and all would be well again.
This is not at all the case.
At the root of the misunderstanding is the common perception that a country’s progress (economically and politically) is rather like a sine wave, endlessly oscillating. Booms and busts come and go with regularity. If it were as simple as this, the goal for all concerned right now would be to remain as liquid as possible and to ride out the current situation until…
An amazing description of the process of empire decline can be downloaded free in pdf form “The Fate of Empires” authored by Sir John Glubb in the 1950’s. Its about 30 pages printed out and can be read in about an hour. You will not be disappointed I promise.