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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:05 PM Original message |
If we did have another great depression ? |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Without much of a social net... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes you are right most people would be screwed...however; |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yep, individualism is rampant. And I have found that among liberals |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hmmm... Good point... I wonder if people would soften up... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. When the cries of "eat the rich" start up, the rich will allow tent cities (with gates, of course). |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. LOL, true. Unavoidable. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. It will be much harder to have one, but it can happen. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Here in Oregon |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I think they'll come back. |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Probably right. After all, societies developed |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. IMO health care for most would be the first to go accompanied by near starvation and loss of many |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Indeed |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. If we did have one, maybe Americans would elect another leftist like FDR. |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Totally Spot On except it's When, not If |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. People would step up |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. But your mother never adapted, she grew up having nothing... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. My grandmother did though |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Large scale riots and other mayhem. |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Man, just by seeing the chaos created by minor problems |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. We could be having it. During the 1930s, the wealthy still lived very lavish lifestyles |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. What do you think would happen to Europe? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Wasn't our depression World Wide? I think we all would suffer from another depression. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. yes it affected most of the globe |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well I own my car, it's small, but I guess I could live in it! Thanks for nothing, you |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Yes; and IIRC, the US was a latecomer to it. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. People would survive |
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