Comments by "MtnGrl585" (@mtngrl5859) on "Doug Casey: The International Man on Nomads and Crisis Investing" video.

  1.  @delroywilson9588  Since we aren't time travelers, its all perspective. The 1920's were a time of affluence, most people had indoor plumbing unlike 20 years previous to that era. As far as the USA goes, we had gone through WWl and had the naïve belief it truly was the war to end all wars, no such thought exists anymore. People in general didn't lock their doors, violence was quite rare. The country was more homogeneous in general, none of this culture wars that plague us now. Growing up in the 1970's, was an ideal time in retrospect. There was not the addiction to the celebrity culture that exists now. The lifestyle that I had growing up was maintained by a blue color father and today to duplicate it would require both couples to work who had advanced professional careers. My parents purchased their nice 4 br home for 2lk in 1959 and sold it for 36k in 1973. 4 years later it sold for 125k. Now it is valued at 1.5 mil. People's income has not increased at this level, so yes quality of life has gone down.
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  2. i think it is interesting how many times Casey used the word shit hole countries with no response from Andrew or any of the subscribers. When Trump said it people went nuclear.
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  3.  @delroywilson9588  One of the challenges of modern life is the lack of critical thinking. Clearly you have a problem in processing what I wrote. The perspective referenced the year you mentioned - 1920- and I referenced that from a Edwardian perspective ( era of 1900-1910) having indoor plumbing for the average person was indeed progress or a better quality of life. That was what the term perspective referenced. The other information I shared was personal experience. I could also say that in the early 1980's that the government removed real estate from the inflation index, so when we speak about inflation it does not reflect the reality of most people's lives. Inflation is off the charts if one factors in real estate to salaries.
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