I don't know why every one thinks it's the end of the world. We are just about to enter a global depressionary economic cycle. It happened in 1929. Times were different back then. ~80 rural as opposed to ~80 urban today. Family structure was different. Human behavior was very different. It's reasonable to suggest that the outcome of this cycle will be vastly different.
Everyone may think that the world just goes along at a random pace, but that's hogwash. There is science to politics, hence political science degrees. Politics is simply the manifestation of philosophy. Humans go round and around in the cycle of civilization and history always repeats itself because no matter how special we individually think we are, we are still part of the human species which has historically proved to be quite dense over the long run.
History doesn't happen in 4 year vacuums. What happened 100+ years ago has a large bearing on what is happening now.
Everyone may think that the world just goes along at a random pace, but that's hogwash. There is science to politics, hence political science degrees. Politics is simply the manifestation of philosophy. Humans go round and around in the cycle of civilization and history always repeats itself because no matter how special we individually think we are, we are still part of the human species which has historically proved to be quite dense over the long run.
History doesn't happen in 4 year vacuums. What happened 100+ years ago has a large bearing on what is happening now.