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Economy

GliderGuider

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10. Basically, the longer we keep this machine going the deeper into overshoot we will drive

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 11:06 PM

Apr 2012

And the worse the inevitable correction/reset will be. The only way to mitigate that situation is for the global economy to fail within the next decade before we have damaged the underpinning natural systems any further. I strongly suspect it's going to do just that.

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If the global economy doesn't collapse soon, something terrible is going to happen. nt [View all] GliderGuider Apr 2012 OP

It will keep getting worse? orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #1

No, I'm going to go with neither. nt TheWraith Apr 2012 #2

Well aren't YOU just one big fucking ray of sunshine? Systematic Chaos Apr 2012 #3

We all have to do what we can... GliderGuider Apr 2012 #4

Something Awful This Way Comes ? Trajan Apr 2012 #5

Maybe it should be GliderGrinder NBachers Apr 2012 #6

It's interesting - I just posted this as a FB status, and it was utterly uncontroversial. GliderGuider Apr 2012 #7

You imply some apocalyptic event .... Trajan Apr 2012 #8

I wouldn't ask you to take a cute line like that on faith. GliderGuider Apr 2012 #9

Basically, the longer we keep this machine going the deeper into overshoot we will drive GliderGuider Apr 2012 #10

As if a global economic collapse is NOT something terrible. fasttense Apr 2012 #11

I guess the issue is that there are degrees of "terrible". GliderGuider Apr 2012 #13

Isn't that redundant? n/t jtuck004 Apr 2012 #12