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Old 08-03-2012, 05:34 PM  
TheSquealer
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Some of you people in the USA need to spend some time in a shitty country with a fucked government and in a fucked economy. Most of you have absolutely no idea what "bad" means

Turn off Jersey Shore, get back into therapy, start taking your meds and hey, get out a little more. There's a whole world out there beyond youtube "we're all doomed" videos. I've lived in a couple countries where the economy totally collapsed. Hate to say it, but they're doing fine. Just a small bump in the road. Even when a country faces total collapse, goods are still needed, services are still needed, people still provide both, jobs are still there, business is still there etc etc etc.

BTW... DWB, I was in Thailand through the Asian economic crisis in 98. 1/2 the hirise buildings in Bangkok stopped construction and were abandoned for years. Thailand was rapidly becoming a regional economic powerhouse at the time and it all evaporated overnight. Thailand and Bangkok did just fine. A lot of construction stopped at once, the currency moved around a lot against others. Retail and commercial property suffered for a few years. Thats about all that happened. The King was still King. The Queen was still Queen. Their Kid was still a drunk and the wheels kept turning because that's exactly what happens. Hardly an apocalypse. But then again, when coup's happen every 4 years, its all relative. ;)

That is all.
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