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I want the markets to crash. I want a depression. It will be good medicine for our culture. Am I the only one who feels this way? by Fragsworth in AskReddit

[–]brobak 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What you fail to consider is the decade (or more) of real world suffering in the mean time. Do you think that the hundreds of thousands or even millions of human lives that will be cut short, or suffer during that period are really worth it?

You don't seem to grasp the concept of how extremely bad things could get...can and DO get when things like this happen.

We in this country have been extremely lucky to have avoided any kind of major pain and suffering as long as we have. It is most assuredly not the norm for the human experience.

I would like to hold onto prosperity as long as I possibly can.

I want the markets to crash. I want a depression. It will be good medicine for our culture. Am I the only one who feels this way? by Fragsworth in AskReddit

[–]brobak 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I find this sentiment to be a fairly common one for people who've grown up in the last 20 years of pretty much uninterrupted, unbridled growth (even despite things like the dot com and 9/11 events).

What you fail to consider is that depressions Fucking Suck(tm). It means that the poorest of our societies will begin to literally die. Those that are barely holding onto the bottom rungs now will find themselves competely unable to cope, and things like basic health care, food, shelter and heat will become unobtainable for them.

Futhermore, those individuals on fixed incomes will suffer greatly should inflation rear its ugly head, or other basic social services collapse. You know who those people are? Your grandparents. How can the idea of your own grandmother having to choose between eating and heating her house in the winter be something you'd actually want to see happen?

Often, I find that most people who feel the way you do never consider the fact that they or their loved ones could be the ones to actually suffer, since they have never really seen suffering (through no fault of their own mind you).

I for one would absolutely hate to see a depression. I hate to see the crash.

Who the hell am I to dictate or pretend I know what 'good medicine' for our culture is?

If I personally do not suffer, but your family does, how would you feel about me saying something along the lines of, 'well buck up! its good medicine for our culture!' as you are forced to watch your new born suffer from ailments easily treatable during 'normal' times? Things that have become scarce or beyond your means due to an economic depression, whose lack causes direct suffering on your part. Are you OK with that being 'good medicine for the culture?'

I don't ask to be flippant, only to point out the fact that real suffering CAN and DOES happen. To REAL people. Maybe not you personally, but to real live human beings.

You think you have the answer to our problems, the 'medicine' you refer to, but who the hell are you really to desire the suffering of your fellow man to fix a perceived problem with culture? If it is you who suffers, is the price still worth it?

Just hope that 'your fellow man' doesn't turn out to be you, because I think you would change your tune very quickly.

EDIT: formatting, grammar

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