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You should be asking this to yourself at least yearly regardless of your country. Your personal well being has everything to do with the neighbourhood you live

You should be asking this to yourself at least yearly regardless of your country. Your personal well being has everything to do with the neighbourhood you live in. Think of this as the 'crane factor'. If things are being built, you're not declining. I have a larger costco being built by me right now :) If you believe your neighbourhood is in decline, you must move. Perhaps this means you move to a new city within your country, which is much easier than a new country.But if your country is the one in decline you have to go to this further pain of moving to a new country. If you believe America is a sinking ship. Move. You can't really listen to other's advice. >For the first time, America can no longer take its lead for granted. As it seems, China is doing well. Ray Dalio writes extensively on this topic in his novel The Changing World Order. Ray Dalio is an agent/operative who forced the hands of the enemy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8 His assertion at say 7:48 the USA has gone over the peak and it's aimed downward now. That you need to do things like forgive student debt. Which happened right? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1 Wait where is the USA on the graph? Oh they are for sure before the peak? Why did Ray dalio intentionally misrepresent?

eesmith 4y ago
Why not ask yourself what you can do to help prevent the ship from sinking? In a real sinking ship, people on board can bail. They can man the pumps. They can close and secure water-tight doors. They can used wedges and a hammer to block the openings (as Tom Scott tried at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6U0NfJg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6U0NfJg8 ). "If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost." If the Minnow had a life boat, should the Skipper and Gilligan have fled in it, and left the passengers behind? A neighborhood where everyone only watches out for themself and leaves at the first sign of trouble isn't really a neighborhood, merely a place name for transient housing.
jpolitzki 4y ago
What did you mean by the comment that Ray Dalio is an agent? And I believe the graphs are a collection of data inputs like education quality and debt or whatnot, so GDP isn't full representative, although our growth has slowed at the minimum.

eesmith 4y ago

Why not ask yourself what you can do to help prevent the ship from sinking? In a real sinking ship, people on board can bail. They can man the pumps. They can close and secure water-tight doors. They can used wedges and a hammer to block the openings (as Tom Scott tried at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6U0NfJg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6U0NfJg8 ). "If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost." If the Minnow had a life boat, should the Skipper and Gilligan have fled in it, and left the passengers behind? A neighborhood where everyone only watches out for themself and leaves at the first sign of trouble isn't really a neighborhood, merely a place name for transient housing.

jpolitzki 4y ago

What did you mean by the comment that Ray Dalio is an agent? And I believe the graphs are a collection of data inputs like education quality and debt or whatnot, so GDP isn't full representative, although our growth has slowed at the minimum.