The Economist : Sept 27th 2008
(No, this isn’t real. But let’s be honest–this is how we all feel.)
(Sorry for the profanity. Hope your children didn’t see this and burn their innocent little retinas.)
Filed under culture, economics : Comments (8) : Oct 10th, 2008 by tadfad
October 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
is that a TadFad original? Score.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Not my work. Hat tip to Eli for sending me the link.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
This Great Depression will slam Americans into realties they have been subliminally coaxed away from by the advertising industry and dishonest governments for years. We will come to realize that while our country was being raped and we were being super-exploited, we were led to believe we had entitlement to: a higher standard of living than others, a free flow of oil, gluttony to disgraceful measures, inhuman and disrespectful sexual behaviors, unrestrained consumerism, magnificence in military prowess, success without education, instant gratifications, destruction of environment and ecosystems, unprecedented power consumption, Neanderthal civil behavior, contempt for the poor and sick, and a judgmental attitude of dissatisfaction. After a short period of ass-breaking poverty, mind crushing reality checks and the rebirth of a sense of renewal and rebuilding, We will be able to accept riding a bus or train and using little battery and plastic cars to get to our doors. It is a big step down from cruising super highways at 90 mph in a 620 hp, 8 mpg Corvette, but the very company that built them is going broke as we speak!
October 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
So Uncle ‘B’.
As you have seen by the market loses globally is that the United States economy is linked to all of the other countries economies. When our ‘Consumerism’ dies off, so does the rest of the worlds productivity. We are linked in a grand capitalistic global society that is dependent on the United States Consumerism. So to belittle the current situation into a vast degradation of the United States economic policy in general and it’s social policy in an effort to forward a socialist agenda….I ask you one simple question that you cannot answer.
What do you think will fuel the global economy and further the socialist agenda that will make this world a better place if no one in the world is buying that 620hp Corvette?
October 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
RC, i am not particularly lining up behind uncle b’s little tirade there, but the answer to your question is easy: the world was improving fairly continuously for thousands of years before corvettes were sold, and nothing prevents continued improvement, if people go back to only buying things with actual utility.
really. being sold wasteful crap at ruinous prices is bad enough, but being sold some line of BS about how that is the foundation of our culture is just pathetic
October 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
cartoons are funny because they make me laugh
November 11th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I think another funny cartoon I saw said it best, “You’re looking at a cartoon on the internet which is already doing better than 90% of the world. QUIT YOUR BITCHING.”
November 12th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Uncle B, Corvettes don’t get 8 mpg, they get 24-26. 1500 rpm at 60 and low drag means it gets better gas mileage than you would think. If you don’t believe me go to fueleconomy.gov and look it up.