Has anyone heard this story?by american hero on January 30th, 2008 at 10:57 am |
6 people on a deserted island, 1 European, 3 Asians, 1 Arab, and 1 American.
Everyone on this island has a particular job in order to keep there society going. The Arab fetches water and starts the fire, the European collects eggs and fruit, the 3 Asians catch fish, take care of the shelter and cook, and the American’s job is to eat the food and give out portions of the left overs. Now, this sounds like a perfect world because everyone has his or her own job and things appear to run orderly and smoothly.
Over time however the European, Asians and the Arab will figure out that this arrangement does not benifit them as much as they would all like. The realize that things would be more be far more equal if they stop supporting the American. Giving him such a large share of the resources without a reasonable reciprocation does not benefit them, they are not able to have the same share of these said resources.
I believe this in that world and in this world these supports may come the there senses and stop supporting are live still.
With the dollar falling with no sign of bottom, and the government spending and cutting rates it would behoove them to stop supporting in the way of buying are worthless paper and other instruments.
Oil rises, dollar falls until one day we are priced out and can no longer buy these resources so easily like we are used to. Somthing has to be done or the rest of the world will have the buying power to price us out. We have been subsidized for far too long. This is a sad picture and hope it never comes to this.
No world power has ever held on to its power by devaluing its curency.












What?
No Africans? Not good enough for your island I guess.
Regards
Chuck
January 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pmGood thing the American remembered to pack his .45 mm hand cannon, with lots of extra shells.
Seriously, you paint too bleak a picture, even for me, a bear (at this time).
Your story leaves out innovation. Rather, the American is the island’s “Professor” as in Gilligan’s domain. He makes the other’s lives easier and they pay him with their own labors’ fruits.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:33 pmI agree to a point.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pmThe question is if the innovation is worth all of everyones fruits and labor. How much easier would it be for them if they didn’t have to sacrifice. Eventually you have a inequity and it gets balanced one way or the other.