Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "The Great Wave Crashes" video.

  1. He's been on the podcasts who talk about it. His answer was essentially "It doesn't work enough and it isn't real thus not being sufficient" My personal belief is that it's bullshit. It's a series of coping mechanisms which generally happen through these crises anyway and so doesn't stop the underlying problems. I think the aging of society explains that much better, however, for the younger societies such as even America, you do have a much greater potential there. Personally, I've seen things kinda stop happening in countries, including the cessation of economic growth, occurs around when society reaches age 40. At 40 and over, your society seems to just stop and ossify. There's just a bit of wiggle room left in America's age structure for things to kick off big time, and i think Britain shows that even an older society can have tensions that explode.
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  2. Now, why would you think it'd be going back to normal? Come on now.
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  3. Ah the Asians have it. They're also completely miserable. More so than we are. Minor blessing. Though I've lamented the aesthetic issue too
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  4. I'll say that from the springboard 4 years ago when i saw things were happening, my mind was always going to "This is going to be fun. Can't wait to see it all"
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  5. It's funny how I've had the opposite growing up because my home state has a society that's simply too recent to have gone through any of these cycles yet and is arguably only now feeling the downturn.
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  6. @sosig6445  I mean that's a fantastically good point. Which is part of why I just gut instinct thought "this sounds like bullshit"
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