Are you prepared for civil unrest?

Originally Posted by Belmont31R

The 'Greatest Generation' are the ones who instituted most of the major "entitlement" programs we have today, and created the entitlement class.

I don't think you can roll that whole generation up into one class....the entitlement programs were created in a time of great need by a minority of people and accepted by the majority because of the conditions of that time. Whether it was meant ONLY for that time and not for continuity, I don't know, but to say that they are the cause of our problems today, not so sure about that.

Remember, "never let a good crisis go to waste"...that has been around for a long time, although maybe never so boldly stated...

Originally Posted by Belmont31R

The 'Greatest Generation' are the ones who instituted most of the major "entitlement" programs we have today, and created the entitlement class.

Won't argue that. I meant in the sense of being faced by a massive economic crisis growing up, and then a World War. I hope they'll handle it better than the last "Greatest Generation" (the economics I mean).

Originally Posted by Ironman8

I don't think you can roll that whole generation up into one class....the entitlement programs were created in a time of great need by a minority of people and accepted by the majority because of the conditions of that time. Whether it was meant ONLY for that time and not for continuity, I don't know, but to say that they are the cause of our problems today, not so sure about that.

Remember, "never let a good crisis go to waste"...that has been around for a long time, although maybe never so boldly stated...

Im just saying they enabled the welfare state to come about among other things like creating student loans for anyone with a pulse, and that has caused the price of tuitition to sky rocket. They did some awesome things like mobilize the country to fight WW2 but they also saddled my generation with some pretty sucky things. You also have to remember going into WW2 unemployment was still quite high, and people were eager to get back to work.


Anyways no this current generation is not going to handle things as well. Life is easier now, and people are not as accustomed to the simple living and hard work it takes to make it during crisis. Our country has grown up with technology that makes life easier. For someone going through the Great Depression many people did not have cars, were used to eating cheaply, lots of people didn't have electricity, and many things were done by hand. The leap we would have to take to make it us much greater than what they had to do.


And during the depression there were still lots of people in soup lines. Its not as if every person during the GD or that era was able to sustain themselves. There were lots of riots and it was a pretty turbulent time period.

Can you even imagine when it's survival for FOOD........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNjHTkfsvwk

Originally Posted by Belmont31R

Im just saying they enabled the welfare state to come about among other things like creating student loans for anyone with a pulse, and that has caused the price of tuitition to sky rocket. They did some awesome things like mobilize the country to fight WW2 but they also saddled my generation with some pretty sucky things. You also have to remember going into WW2 unemployment was still quite high, and people were eager to get back to work.


Anyways no this current generation is not going to handle things as well. Life is easier now, and people are not as accustomed to the simple living and hard work it takes to make it during crisis. Our country has grown up with technology that makes life easier. For someone going through the Great Depression many people did not have cars, were used to eating cheaply, lots of people didn't have electricity, and many things were done by hand. The leap we would have to take to make it us much greater than what they had to do.


And during the depression there were still lots of people in soup lines. Its not as if every person during the GD or that era was able to sustain themselves. There were lots of riots and it was a pretty turbulent time period.

While disheartening, what you say is true. It's gonna be very difficult to break the cycle of laziness in people.

Originally Posted by HOPLOETHOS

Can you even imagine when it's survival for FOOD........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNjHTkfsvwk

Thats funny, Glenn Beck LITERALLY just made that exact comment on his show

Originally Posted by HOPLOETHOS

Can you even imagine when it's survival for FOOD........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNjHTkfsvwk

I'm glad SF manufactures 60 and 100 round STANAG mags now.

Originally Posted by Blstr88

Thats funny, Glenn Beck LITERALLY just made that exact comment on his show

I'm underpaid no doubt.

Originally Posted by HOPLOETHOS

Can you even imagine when it's survival for FOOD........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNjHTkfsvwk

Funny, I went out for a new TV at midnight on Friday, and I thought the exact same thing when I was standing in Best Buy at 1215. ****, these people are practically nuts for a ****ing xbox - you're going to need a 240 to get rid of them if they're starving and they think you have food.

I work in the LA/LB Harbors and the Occupy people have stated they will shut down the West Coast ports on 12/12. I don't care for them and some of my fellow workers do have a lot of sympathy for them so it could be difficult on that Monday. My union has said they are not a legal picket line, but we shouldn't cross any line that makes us feel unsafe so we can cross if they don't get crazy
I feel we will see more confrontations such as this in the future and it is dificult for me to be prepared when I can't be armed, the Feds frown on that on the docks. I don't think most of the Occupiers wil be a problem, but they appear to have a hard core group who are bent on anarchy. Those are the ones I worry about, I can't be as aggresive with them as I would like to deter them so I will just smie as I drive by or thru them.
In the future we might have to be armed just to go to work, I will survive no matter what.