08-01-2016, 02:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2016, 02:53 PM by APeacefulWarrior.)
(08-01-2016, 02:28 PM)YinYang Wrote: The only indication us "mere mortals" have, is by paying attention to what their politicians say... which is what I'm doing.
"Mere mortals" comments are unnecessarily denigrating yourself and your own abilities. Please don't take it out on yourself just because you're annoyed at me. :-/
You can research this stuff for yourself from public sources. I mean, I'm from the US even if I'm not living there now - do you think I take half of what American politicians say at face value? 'Follow the money' is generally a pretty good rule of thumb to follow, especially when we're talking tens or hundreds of billions of dollars. Most economic data is undoubtedly fudged somewhat, but not to a huge degree, since so many institutions worldwide need it for decision-making. It's honestly not hard to start looking at flow of money around the world and see how it ties everyone together.
The only difference for me is that I don't see it as intrinsically a bad thing that so much money is flowing around. I'm willing to accept some sacrifices to "globalization" if -as it seems to me- it's ultimately reducing the chances of another major global conflict.