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I don't like political discussions as coping mechanisms. Throwing ourselves in front of the train of (seeming) economic inevitability may very well be ultimately futile, but it's all that we can do. And the inner-child optimist living deep inside of me keeps screaming, "Don't you dare fucking give up. You're smart, you know smarter people, you can figure this out."
Yeah, we're probably heading at break-neck speed towards that wall. Still, it's worth fighting tooth and nail for answers and solutions until the moment of impact. If nothing else, we can compile a list of offenders for the surviving mob with pitchforks to go after. At best, though, we still might be able to head this off.
I don't see this happening at the g20, though. Their primary mission, "building and sustaining prosperity", seems stupid at this point. Sarkozy's screaming the simpleton leftist "we need more regulation" line and Obama will probably present some nice sounding platitudes that at best address the problem in the short term. I'm worried neither Obama nor most of the other leadership we'll see at g20 can grasp the scope of what's happening.
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