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[–] [email protected] 176 points 3 days ago (10 children)

And still some people think it will be fine in 3.5 years.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It absolutely won't be.

But it might be moving in the right direction.

Regardless, will take decades/generations to fully recover from this, if ever.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (3 children)

No, you'll never recover. Your previous status was the result of a very specific set of historical circumstances (specifically the fact that you were the only major power left standing after World War 2) that aren't going to repeat. If you fall, the best you can hope for in terms of recovery is to equal the other developed countries of the world. You'll never exceed them again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Which is fine. Really would love to not have a fall happen, but ultimately if the rest of the world can thrive and move forward even with our current idiocracy taking hold, I can live with that. All I hope for is that this will pass and we can rise up from it.

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