Jerry writes:

> Several workers are arming themselves for the what they see is the
>  inevitable collapse of the US society. These have been laid off factory
>  workers, high tech types like engineers, software programmers. Most have
>  been out of work so long all their benefits have run out.

Boy, it seems to be true. If my neighbor loses his job, it's a recession. If
I lose my job, it's a depression.

This thread has progressed surprisingly rapidly from mild worry to
xenophobia, scapegoatism, demogoguery, jingoism masking as patriotism, and
now to outright militancy. Welcome to the Germany of the 1930's.

Civilization is probably a thinner veneer than most of us would care to think.

Wirt Atmar

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