http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/09/punked-world.html
Some good questions from Kunstler, and also something to ponder.
The very wealthy have continued to reap enormous profits as the rest of
the people began to sink in a hole.
Actually, the 'middle' class since 1980 has increased their wealth by 8%. The top 5% has increased their wealth by 43%
in the same period.
Here in Oregon it is becoming ever more apparent where that sink hole is located.
While traveling through the central (Willamette) valley i noticed all the towns now
have very trashy or run down trailer camps though they are called Mobile Home 'parks'.
These are not the retired of Arizona or Florida with that 'bit extra' every month as the cushion.
These are the growing numbers who probably once had jobs or some military time and now have run
the course of benefits and possibilities.
And they appear to be floundering, with the walk to the nearby 'convience' store the days
recreational outing between rain showers.
In the California central valley their is the same situation. Lots of small trashvilles near ever town.
Then the out was to send the kids to the military and maybe dad mows lawns in town.
Always lots of flags and good ole boy slogans seemed to pervail.
No more or not from what I'm seeing, as the flag is middle class and now they are in a trash class.
Of course, Oregon once had lumber mills in all these small towns and now they have less and less.
The larger towns i noticed had the ticky tacky MH Parks as well,
but they also have the new corporate mall shopping area where the big boxes have been set down. Not a good long term
forecast for the no place to go towns.
It feels like they have hooked up a cancer to the sides of these towns and it continues to feed while the towns continue to die.
Some people who i get mail from seem to equated the flag, corporations and of course the current belief system to the mercantile system.
I guess if we had a king or a warrior class ruling rather than the corporate bankers they would stand in line to lick their feet as well.
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