[MD] A new great depression

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting David M <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk>:

> If another new & bigger depression came would we now accept on mass
> being thrown out of our homes because we could not pay
> our mortgages.

Probably not.

> What if the govn had to take emergency powers
> to ensure basic provisions are received by all.

Who would provide the basic provisions?

> What if, given
> our current powers of productivity this could be done despite
> mass unemployment?

What "powers of productivity" do you have in mind? Last time I looked it still
required labor to produce the necessities of life. So I don't think "what if" is
possible.

> Would we want to overcome the depression
> and put the current status quo and order back?

We would want to overcome the depression, but in doing so would gladly 
trade freedom for food. The current status quo and order would then
find it most difficult to come back, just as the status quo and order before
the last depression never came back. 

Platt



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