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    Well, you know, I was just listening to a real interesting podcast this morning on my way to work that was an interview with both the most recently past presidents of Chile and Italy, and it was an interesting listen. But one of them said something, to which I'll attempt to paraphrase,

    "You know, politics is now back. It is back globally and it is back in America. It was away for awhile, one, because of the triumph of the market and the rise of the consumer and most recently because of the shutting down of political discourse in light of the terrorist threat. But now, our societies are failing, and primarily because of the failures in the market, and governments must now make very big decisions and we can no longer sit back and be consumers. The situation is now forcing us once again to be citizens and take an interest in the affairs of our nations."

    And I just said, wow, that's pretty spot on. And as heated as things DID get here in the US during the Bush administration, I think it is true we were all kind of lulled asleep for exactly the two reasons this guy mentioned. And things will probably be far more politically vitrolic now, essentially because now it DOES really matter. And I also think it's also very very dangerous, very easy to let emotions get the better of you (raises hand) because you do feel like now, shit DOES matter, and we CAN do something about it. Hopefully. Hence the rise of this populist wave - from both the left and right. It's really positive but really, really dangerous...interesting times...

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    • That is a really good point. But it's true of human psychology. If you're doing well, nothing else matters but living YOUR life.tommyo
    • The podcast is here:
      http://www.radioopen…
      Just ignore the hosts Obama gushing and listen to the two ex-presidents      TheBlueOne
    • ex-president guys..TheBlueOne
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