1/ America has been in a political crisis for a while, but it's not the left vs. the right.
It's the extremists vs the moderate.
Vote for the extremist or the moderate (consensus builder)? Your call.
It's the extremists vs the moderate.
Vote for the extremist or the moderate (consensus builder)? Your call.
2/ Extremists on the right and on the left are actually symbiotic (at this stage of marginalizing moderates). Without each other, their positions would be too radical for most of the voter to accept.
Extremists from the both sides want to burn down the institution of America.
Extremists from the both sides want to burn down the institution of America.
3/ and their goal is to keep/gain power, the rest is just lip service.
I am hoping for the best, but it is time to prepare for the worst (not saying the market will crash, even venezuela stock market keeps making new highs).
I am hoping for the best, but it is time to prepare for the worst (not saying the market will crash, even venezuela stock market keeps making new highs).
4/ For example, a country's long-term competitiveness lies in its edge in science & technology. Prolonged political turmoil is never good for that.
5/ Remember French revolution? Prior to that, France had a generation of science leaders: Joseph Fourier, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Andre-Marie Ampere, Simeon Poisson etc.
After that, Brits and German took the lead for ~70 yrs.
After that, Brits and German took the lead for ~70 yrs.
