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• Tuesday, April 1, 2008 10:39 PM

  I Agree, We're F**ked!

  Maybe all is not lost, but I agree with some of the previous posters that even people who lived through the Great Depression have forgotten how bad it really was, and have chosen to forget all the "bodies" left behind.

  My parents were children during the Depression, but their parents and aunts and uncles were not. I remember the look of absolute dread and panic that would flit across the face of some of them when the Depression was mentioned. For some reason I was privy to some of the more haunting stories from that time - the crop failures (many had been farmers), near starvation, children who died from minor infections and sicknesses who might have survived if they had not been so malnourished, or if their parents had been able to afford medical care. I have nothing but the deepest respect and sympathy for the people who survived that time, but I wouldn't wish it on anybody, and I still cringe when people even suggest that we might be in for such a terrible disaster again.

  But the thing I dread the most is the political and social instability that might follow. Face it, many people would have no idea how to cope if suddenly confronted with no job, no job prospects, no home, and maybe no hope. And if the the top money earners of the country keep on keepin' on as if nothing has happened, things will get even worse. One aspect of the Depression that has definitely been forgotten is the intense political instability of that time. Not all people were sheep during that time and thank whatever they weren't. I still think Roosevelt was right to pass some Socialist-lite programs, because the move toward Socialism was very strong in the 30s.

  But do you think we could maybe have just a teeny tiny revolution before we repeat history again so soon?

  —flyover52 Read flyover52's other letters
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