[stratigos]

Anytime people talk about failing western economies, I find it easy to make a "you should see the other guy!" argument. We dont have > 500 million people at risk of starving to death in the next 10-15 years, and were not at risk for total energy collapse. Were not trying to gaslight the world that we are not looting all of the fish in their seas due to impending food source collapse. Were in horrible shape but compared to most of the major economies of the world, were relatively o.k.

This does not mean things are o.k. in the USA, or that we dont need to fix things. Its just that were not the ones that truly need to panic, "collapse" in the West is different than in the old world, just like "poverty" in the USA is radically different than what it means on most of the world.