Writes Steve Masty: “Will America survive economic meltdown? To find out, we took our time machine 100 years into the future to Auburn, Alabama, home of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the new national shrine.
“Lew Rockwell founded his institute 126 years ago in 1982. Brought back to life by cloning, he pointed at Friedrich Hayek struggling to light the barbeque. The Nobel laureate looked surprisingly spry at 209, but that’s science for you.” Read the rest.
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Will the culture associated with America still exist in 100 years? Possibly. Possibly not!
I can think of two reasons why it will not exist:
1). When the dollar is destroyed and civil unrest ensues there will be a period of struggle and then whatever society emerges, it (the people) does not wish to reconnect to that past.
2). New history that is far more inspiring and illuminating will take precedence over the one associated with the emergence of America as a nation.
Both of these will inevitably be some type of classical liberalism societies.
This is not meant to discount the merits of Thanksgiving – which are many – but rather it is meant to recognize that we are living in a time of transition and old baggage may not match the decor of the future.
Then again, maybe Thanksgiving will still be a holiday celebrated in 100 years.
Will American culture survive? In some form , however most likely if things go as bad as they may the people are probably going to want a strong man on horseback to lead them. The more afraid they are the more freedom they will be willing throw away.
it will of course not solve any problems but sheep bleat LOUDLY. Promising order always sells in times of panic.
For Thanksgiving I made a bread from a recipe of the Amish, and I’d like to invite you to visit my blog for celebrating Thanksgiving virtually.
However, its a look back on the history also and a view on the memorial stone which was erected by the town of Plymouth on behalf of the United American Indians of New England.
Best regards from Germany
I know the article’s all in fun, but isn’t it kind of like the broken-window fallacy to say that the prosperity a hundred years from now will have been thanks to some Great Meltdown?
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