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PARTICIPATION TROPHY

The last twenty plus years have been an insane roller coaster ride.  If my theory that the economic decline has lasted fifty years is correct, Peak Iron Ore in the late 50’s triggering an economic contraction that set off the cultural change in the 60’s, we could postulate that the Tech Wreck of the late 90’s took all our negative economic and cultural aspects and duct taped a booster rocket to their ass and pulled the detonator.  Has ANYTHING good happened in the last two decades?  A global war and an easy money stimulus merely made the dips far more damaging.

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This article is on one of the cultural minutia, but let me briefly cover the economics.  The 90’s were our last HEALTHY economic boom ( as opposed to central bank stimulus ), as we semi-colonized Russia and sucked the Siberian tit of oil.  There was also deep drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico, but like Alaska this too had largely been exploited already ( today, Alaskan oil is a mere trickle.  I’m surprised the spice still flows from there ).  But Siberia was the last Easy Conventional oil ( Saudi is no longer Easy Conventional, and has not been for some time ).

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Either the oil started running out or all the profits had just been plowed into the new technology sector and caused a bubble that popped ( and THEN the easy oil stopped after that ), and we never really had a traditionally strong economy since then.  Greenspan, a one trick pony that should be burned in effigy rather than lauded, just threw extra money at the problem and by importing extra Mexican labor and going from traditional construction to plastic material, we blew a bubble in real estate as the cost of building decreased.

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I think there is a correlation between economics and culture, for the most part.  When things are going gangbusters we get too much of a good thing ( such as consumerism ) and when things go bad we get more negative aspects such as redistribution schemes ( no fault divorce, Social Security ) that take bad ideas and make them phenomenally wretched trends that take on a life of their own.  And the last twenty years of economic problems have given Political Correctness steroids.  Look back on the 80’s movies-do you see a Battle Of The Sexes?  No. 

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The 80’s saw credit creation coupled to Alaskan and Saudi oil ( sorry, it had nothing to do with Reagan’s economic policies or appointees, which only worked because they were backed by extra energy ).  So why was the culture change in the equally oil rich 90’s ( except towards the end )?  Despite how much I harp on oil, nothing ever only has just one cause.  The PC trends had already been in place, and the 90’s saw a lot of spawn of hippie scum coming of age.  A lot of immigrants were already on generation two. 

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But that was merely the catalyst to allow Political Correctness to be more than a simple Bad Idea.  What fertilized this pile of crap to grow?  I can only speculate, but I think the economic growth of the decade generated so much surplus that the Divorce Tax exploded in popularity.  Most guys, even at entry level jobs, had good enough wages that the gals could profitably separate and be rewarded for it.  This really was a time of full employment.  But then, as the economy imploded, that huge trend continued because of NEED rather than simply GREED.

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What better way to continue in the lifestyle you deserve and are accustomed to than to have two incomes AND child support or alimony checks coming in?  Or, if your new boyfriend just sleeps over a few times a week rather than lives with you, you get to be A Strong And Independent Woman ( albeit on the gov teat ).  With this economic boost, women naturally flocked to the ticket window for a ride on the gravy train.  When you throw money at a problem, you get a heck of a lot more of that same problem.  PC was firmly cemented in place.

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The race component of Political Correctness is also just as easy to pinpoint.  Rodney King riots was the booster shot to the ‘60’s Negro Riots, when we started bribing them to stop trying to burn down the whole damn place.  And as far as the Mexicans, the 90’s were the demographic tripping point.  With enough employment and numbers, suddenly Latino’s had the economic power to reinforce all those negative trends such as wide open borders ( they only needed to relax the Cali border, as once in they moved to every other state ).

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Obammy The Wonder Half Breed Muslim did NOT start all these PC problems.  They started by the end of the 90’s.  White House Negro merely goosed existing issues.  Blacks were already uppity.  Bitches already thought they owned the place.  Mexicans were already breeding out Whites.  White Males were already losing jobs hand over fist.  We had lost the culture war after forty years of being hamstrung by our females, so OBVIOUSLY the losers lost the jobs.  The only amazing thing is how many of us are still allowed to work.  Sure, we can only work 2/3’s the amount of time we used to.

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Over fifty, or before a masters ( of nothing ) degree, we are pretty much relegated to the military or early forced retirement, compared to the old age 25-65 career.  And, more than likely our wages are garnished if we wish to have children.  So we are really only making half what we used to, which closely follows our population numbers ( we went from 80% of the economy, when females were helping rather than hindering, to 30%, all alone ).  Can you now understand how much economic power we have lost, and why it is impossible to regain it? 

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When you have cultural trends AND demographics against you, it is pretty much Game Over, Man.  Why do you think survivalism is so popular with older White males?  It is to a large degree Wishful Thinking and Hopeful Fantasy that this whole rotten edifice crumbles and we are allowed to smite our invaders and enemies and ravage their women.  That doesn’t mean things aren’t collapsing because only an idiot thinks they are not.  It just explains a large part of what motivates us.  And I don’t think there is anything wrong with it.  Men should be warriors, and not the cubicle kind.

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Tomorrow, the whole concept of Participation Trophy’s and how to beware of them for the collapse.

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