Still in the woods
Apr. 8th, 2026 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
degringoladeI will be curious as to how this whole thing works out. I have a sneaking hunch that the cease fire will hold for a week or so for folks to get their rationalizations in order and the sacrifices to happen. I figure that Pete Hegseth will have a bit of trouble landing a job anytime soon. Who else Trump puts up on the altar is anyone's guess.
Whether or not the sacrifices will be sufficient to keep the administration together is up in the air. I have a feeling that Trump will be kept in office because the Democrats are smart and sneaky enough to realize that if they take down trump, they will have the same set of problems leading down that Trump is looking at and they would prefer he take the fall and they will pick up the pieces. I am not saying that they have any solutions, they will fail too because the lifestyles of Americans are most certainly being negotiated right now.
We are simply looking at the limits of a receding power. JMG in the old days harped on about the US at 5% of the world population was burning 25% of the worlds oil and 30% of the worlds manufacturing goods. At the time, those were good numbers. They aren't anymore. Best I could come with is that we are around 4% of the population and are taking 20% of the worlds oil and 25% of the manufactured goods.
Like it or not, that relative decline in affluence is going to continue. Get used to it. The poor house is long way off, but champagne brunches are passe.
Whether or not the sacrifices will be sufficient to keep the administration together is up in the air. I have a feeling that Trump will be kept in office because the Democrats are smart and sneaky enough to realize that if they take down trump, they will have the same set of problems leading down that Trump is looking at and they would prefer he take the fall and they will pick up the pieces. I am not saying that they have any solutions, they will fail too because the lifestyles of Americans are most certainly being negotiated right now.
We are simply looking at the limits of a receding power. JMG in the old days harped on about the US at 5% of the world population was burning 25% of the worlds oil and 30% of the worlds manufacturing goods. At the time, those were good numbers. They aren't anymore. Best I could come with is that we are around 4% of the population and are taking 20% of the worlds oil and 25% of the manufactured goods.
Like it or not, that relative decline in affluence is going to continue. Get used to it. The poor house is long way off, but champagne brunches are passe.
