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Flying Squirrel

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10. Would you rather the Great Depression had not happened

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 06:51 PM

Mar 2013

and, therefore, the New Deal had not happened? And that you would be living right now in the same kind of country that existed before the New Deal?

People will die. This is not preventable. Perhaps it's merciful that they die more quickly, rather than a slow, lingering, painful death. Regardless, people are going to die - and I may be one of them.

60 million people died in WWII. Should we have just let the Nazis take over, kill the Jews and spread throughout Europe? I'm sure if the world had simply let them take over, the number of deaths would have been fewer... in the short term.

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This forum is the only reason I haven't left DU. [View all] Flying Squirrel Mar 2013 OP

I posted last night that we'll have to be content with social progress Warpy Mar 2013 #1

Sadly, I think you are right. Cleita Mar 2013 #2

not sad kardonb Mar 2013 #30

>you people< ?? Who the fuck are you? n/t jtuck004 Mar 2013 #32

I trhnk the derivatives collapse the first time around truedelphi Mar 2013 #4

I hear your frustration, Flying Squirrel Skittles Mar 2013 #3

I invite you to check out the Stock Market Watch and Weekend Economists threads Demeter Mar 2013 #5

A person with Nothing formercia Mar 2013 #6

A point well-known to Macchiavelli Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #22

Like a rolling stone. WheelWalker Mar 2013 #26

I honestly wish Obama had let the country slip into another Great Depression DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #7

Would you rather the Great Depression had not happened Flying Squirrel Mar 2013 #10

playing with time and human life DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #31

I think the idea is... sangsaran Mar 2013 #13

In the OP's defense, bvar22 Mar 2013 #15

It's a sad time for most who have nothing else... we see the truth fascisthunter Mar 2013 #8

"I honestly wish Obama had let the country slip into another Great Depression" NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #9

See post 10. Why don't you hide my OP? Flying Squirrel Mar 2013 #12

Who said I wanted to hide your OP? NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #17

I understand your frustration. I have gone to that place myself on more than one occasion. rhett o rick Mar 2013 #11

I agree that we should keep fighting Flying Squirrel Mar 2013 #14

I'm not sure any amount of suffering will improve our chances in the long term. sangsaran Mar 2013 #21

Sorry I dont understand. Elites rule. They always have and they always will. We just have to find rhett o rick Mar 2013 #23

+1 n/t Laelth Mar 2013 #27

Now I've seen everything Politicub Mar 2013 #16

Actually, you should be lamenting that "Job #1" has been to restore Wall Street... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #18

already left once... dtom67 Mar 2013 #19

Who led Occupy? Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #24

Occupy has promise, but.. dtom67 Mar 2013 #29

I have seen to spontaneous miracles of unity in my time kickysnana Mar 2013 #35

You're right but the people will never rise up they're too tired from work. craigmatic Mar 2013 #20

The time will come when they have no work. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #25

Or food. Enter peak oil and climate change into the equation ... Auggie Mar 2013 #28

unfortunately this is not a light switch situation tiredtoo Mar 2013 #33

Read Howard Zinn's caseymoz Mar 2013 #34

Kevin Phillips Wealth and Democracy builds a similar argument. motocicleta2 Mar 2013 #36

I would like to believe that, but . . . caseymoz Mar 2013 #38

I missed DU. motocicleta2 Mar 2013 #37

I could not agree more, with you and with the OP. This forum is one of the main sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #39

Hello ~ motocicleta2. Nice to see you back again at DU. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #41

Thanks! motocicleta2 Mar 2013 #42

Indeed! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #43

Look at Greece and the neo-NAZI "golden dawn" party, and until recently Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author antiquie Mar 2013 #44

I'm not an economist, I'm not anything approaching an expert. I'm simply attempting to synthesize Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #45