Ponzi schemes and communes always fail

And it is always for human reasons.

The present state of national affairs can be looked at alarmingly. Those running for the elections in 2008 seem to generally assume the status quo. Our national way to muscle our way out of things has been drawn down. Some candidates (mostly Democrats) seem to have a vision for our future that is different from ours. And some of us are getting upset at the amount of debt being thrown on our children, some young, some yet unborn.

Assuming the status quo is always a loser. Change is constant. Yet those social and political theorists (well intended in their minds they know) who think we in the West will go along with all their anti-carbon energy and anti-war efforts are really just taking a chance. Maybe we in the West won’t go along, and almost for certain, the arising societies in the East will not go along. Inadvertently, these social and political theorists are likely leading us to a war. Trying to get the Western world to live “third world” style will be superceded by “third world” tribes evolving into Western standards. Think of day-on and day-off water just for the toilets as an indicator.

The USA is no longer omnipotent. National power is a combination of political will, economic power, and even military power. It is not just that the USA may have “declined” recently, but that the rest of the world has “inclined” recently. We should thank our ancestors for the overall improvement in the world’s standards of living and expectations.

Who would want to live in a commune? Many of us may have thought about it, and most said no, they would rather live another way. Those that chose communes have all bailed out, for the normal human reasons. Now, incredibly, socialist commune like ideas are up again, as in the sponsor’s idealism, or even something more simple as their version to rob peter to pay paul. Where do such ego’s, “the times they are a changing”, and old time problem silliness come from?

It’s the financing of the various ideas that is always the Achilles heel. The politicians promoting their schemes and ideals expect us to pay, either now or dumped on our kids. I just try to imagine my kid or grandkid being presented with the idea of how many months they have to work just to pay their elder’s benefits. Today’s election sales pitch is what is in for “us” now which is a shameful selfish alternative. It is as though they suggest a race to the future when it all finally collapses, or more sadly, they assume the status quo and really don’t know or care to know about us today. Another sad “fact” is all the academic arguments about going into national debt pays its way. The point is well taken, but back to the amount of months some future generations have to work to actually pay in their efforts.

All this suggests we have a better way in the New World. For sure it is not European, or the Old World.