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In response to "some people want to see the world burn. -- nm" by Mel Profit

i honestly think most people do want that.

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Jul 29 '11, 12:11

its like die hard 4 and the idea of a "fire sale" or whatever they called it.

if everything goes fucking nutso, then maybe there will be a hero to fix everything "their way"

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I may draw some fire for this but... - Mel Profit Jul 29, 12:25 6
- I think there's a nugget in here, but I think it's more like they think they're starting the new American Revolution that will change the country to - pmb Jul 29, 12:36 3
  - Kevin Costner is not showing up. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 29, 12:41
  - I think this probably applies here... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 12:38 1
    - I think that begins to describe the struggle between the democrats and republicans (obviously I disagree completely with what the article supports), - pmb Jul 29, 12:44
- true. plus - tRuMaN Jul 29, 12:27
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aren't you just a little curious what might happen? - colin Jul 29, 12:14 23
- sure. there's also always people who write books about the dow going to 36,000 as well....nm - x Jul 29, 12:27 1
  - well they're just being stupid ;) -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:33
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  - oh i do.. but it's really hard for me to find a good connection between what will happen and my own life.. - colin Jul 29, 12:31 3
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      - is that really what i'm saying? - colin Jul 29, 12:40 1
        
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- My mom still makes fun of my dad for owning "How To Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse"... written in the early 70's, I think. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 12:25
- I think people have curiousity the way they do to seea tsunami. People went to the beach to watch and were washed away. It's something rare and an - pmb Jul 29, 12:22 1
  - oh of course not.. it *is* a terrible thing.. - colin Jul 29, 12:23
- You say this as though it's never happened before. The experience of countries that have defaulted on their debt has not been a good one -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 12:19 5
  - i feel like the US is a bit more of a pillar, than say Greece... not to offend any Greeks :) -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:21 4
    - hey, the Greeks invented pillars! -- nm - crash davis Jul 29, 12:23 1
      - and look what happened to them? overrun by the roman manacle -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:25
    - That makes it worse, not better. -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 12:23 1
      - i know, that was my point.. just because it's happened, doesn't mean it has happened as big as this. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 12:26
- I just got my home loan squared away for 30 yrs, not credit card debt - tRuMaN Jul 29, 12:17 6
  - Wouldn't it be awesome if our government were half as responsible??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 12:26 4
    - you do realize that my mortgage is like 2 times my annual salary, so in fact, the Government is more fiscally responsbile. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 12:32 1
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    - Glad you think the way out of this is to cause a cataclysm that'll just fubar everything and still not actually fix anything. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 12:27
  - same here.. minimal debt that could be paid out of savings at any time, no house or car payment.. I'm set. - colin Jul 29, 12:20
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 12:13 1
- This is true though, isn't it? I mean, crisitunity! -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 12:17

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i honestly think most people do want that.

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