Famines, war, poverty, inflation... everywhere we turn the news is terrible and we are all going to die, or so it seems.
Is it really that bad, or is it an election year? Over 100 years ago, a guy named Mencken stated...
I remember as a child, being told to finish my meal... as there were children starving in Asia. As a child, I had no idea where Asia was, or even cared. I mean I had trouble distinguishing which Washington had the U.S. Capitol. The little town a few miles away from me, or the state. That whole D.C. thing, simply escaped me.
Frankly, even today... that whole D.C. thing escapes me. I have learned where it is and have even been there, but is there anyone that can really make sense of that place? It seems rare, that anything happens... which makes sense.
What was the last thing you can point to?
As for famines, wars, poverty, inflation... has anything meaningful been done to seriously address any of those things?
Which is probably why I focus on things directly and/or indirectly impacting me and trying to plan for that proverbial worst case scenario, while hoping for the best. That's about all, any of us can do, in my humble opinion.
