American self-delusion defined

[EdisonTrent]

It would be more credible with punctuation.



clean writes better than this.

Maybe you don't like it but its perfectly understandable.

[Corrupt]

Okay, but what did you think of his premise? Further, do you think it apples to the rest of the industrialized world?

I'd agree with his premise, to an extent. There is certainly a stubborn refusal to accept the extent of the economic troubles and shifting global power in parts US. I'd argue that most developed European nations have a similar blinkered attitude. I don't think that it's as widespread or militant as the author implies though.

Whether the US dollar will be replaced, I honestly couldn't say for sure.

[Ought Six]

Maybe you don't like it but its perfectly understandable.

I thought so as well.

[Ought Six]

If I was to take a stab at decoding this mumbo-jumbo, I'd guess that he's saying you're a whiner an a POS if you complain that despite decades of rising productivity and profits you find that you now have to work two jobs to barely stay afloat.

I would say that your stab missed the mark by several miles.

[Ought Six]

I'd agree with his premise, to an extent. There is certainly a stubborn refusal to accept the extent of the economic troubles and shifting global power in parts US. I'd argue that most developed European nations have a similar blinkered attitude. I don't think that it's as widespread or militant as the author implies though.

I would say it is widespread, especially with the assistance of most of the media. I am not sure that 'militant' was implied by the author. I would say 'obdurate'.
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Whether the US dollar will be replaced, I honestly couldn't say for sure.

The dollar is and has been loosing its exclusivity as the reserve currency of choice. 'Replacement' implies some other currency would rise to become dominant over all others. I would instead say that it is likely there will be several reserve currencies on more or less equal footing, the dollar being only one of them.

[Troubadour]

What a pretentious floozy... Throw bricks at his head.