[theluckycountry]

Textron Halts ATV, UTV, Snowmobile Production Amid Imploding Consumer Demand

Collapse? Well certainly, since our entire civilization is built on consumer consumption
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')efense contractor and industrial conglomerate Textron has halted production of its entire powersports product line within its Specialized Vehicles unit, which includes golf carts, utility vehicles, side-by-sides, ATVs, and snowmobiles. Textron cited "soft" consumer end-market powersports demand, a warning that overlaps with Polaris' concerns about "challenging retail demand" for its ATVs, UTVs, and jet skis.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')Were seeing it across the board in consumer products, new car sales too. So what's booming, NVIDEA of course, the AI bubble. Somehow I think people would be more interested in a new car or Snowmobile than an iphone that pretends to be smart. But I suppose when you can't afford a new car at least you can park the old one around the corner from the coffee shop and walk in with your new cell phone and still look rich

[theluckycountry]

To those visitors to the forum, I apologize for the mess created by poster adam-b. In his defense he is the inhabitant of an empire dying before his very eyes and this causes him a lot of mental anguish and leads to the tendency to lash out at others. Those of you who have studied the collapse of the British or French empires know exactly what he's going through and he deserves our pity, though not our head space. Joining the forum allows you to add him to a foe list where you don't see his comments. It's a little cruel I know, but I assure you he has bigger things to worry about than being snubbed by people from the first world.

[theluckycountry]

Gross Domestic Profit is a flawed metric, since in many nations it now depends on financial transactions that more often that not impoverish the nation. Like the high cost of insurance 'products', exorbitant bank 'products' like mortgages and credit card debt, and a high level of back and forward transactions in the share market that including sales of these 'products' to other nations. GDP per capita is another, it's put forward as though the wealth is shared but when a bank makes a multi-billion profit off it's customers it's pretty obvious who is getting wealthy and who is being impoverished.

Investors in Tesla? Well they have never been paid a dime in dividends yet the CEO has walked away with Billions. Was Tesla ever good for the people? Yes, the select people in Government, Wall Street, and those insiders that have taken vast profits off the table by selling the shares they held from back when it was a single digit listing. The vast majority just sit on the shares, knowing that when they sell the capital gains tax vampire is waiting in the shadows.

Poverty, if you look at history it is the leading cause of collapse. It lead to the French revolution and the collapse of that system. It lead to the collapse of the Roman Empire, where even the silver currency was so watered down it became worthless. The collapse of the British Empire was the result of the debts it accumulated. And as is often the case in these big Empires, the race to poverty is hurried along by the vast sums taken from the people and spent on military "policing" of the regions under their control. Australia was slated to buy a fleet of nuclear attack submarines in a special pact with the US and Britain, but that has been shelved now. The US itself will provide the subs to police our Northern waters. Some are calling this a loss for Australia but for the Australian people it's a huge win!

A perusal of the following table shows that the people of the former Empires occupy positions far down the ladder of personal wealth. In a sense these nations have been gutted, their wealth exploited by their elite classes, and they never recovered.



Here is a more up to date set, note the difference between Average wealth and Median wealth. The average wealth statistic is what is often cited in stories and is very misleading, unless you are super rich that is

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-10 ... er-person/

Look around the globe at the nations that are in turmoil and the common factor is poverty.

[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')Here is a more up to date set, note the difference between Average wealth and Median wealth. The average wealth statistic is what is often cited in stories and is very misleading, unless you are super rich that is

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'O')ne screams "tax the rich" and redistribute the wealth a la kommunism. The other parrots free market and trickle down. Not good. The super rich must be reigned in naturally while giving the poor a fighting chance without making them dependent on welfare.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')It's the real message of PeakOil. Store up the things of value now that will be of value when the current oil powered system collapses.

[theluckycountry]

You just stick to the TV adam, it'll all be over for you soon

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'Y')ou just stick to the TV adam, it'll all be over for you soon

[theluckycountry]

Trump Threatens To Take Back Panama Canal As He Declares "Golden Age Of America Is Upon Us"

Golden age, like in sunset.
Oh the old man is a nut alright, he seems to think because he dodged a bullet he's anointed by God.
He reminds me of a demented Roman Emperor.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')onald Trump warned that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

“The Panama Canal is considered a VITAL National Asset for the United States, due to its critical role to America’s Economy and National Security. If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question.
In response, Elon Musk, whom liberals now accuse of being Trump's puppetmaster having seemingly vanquished Putin in this alleged task, responded that "2025 is gonna be so lit", which it of course will be if Trump pulls a Russia and decides that it is indeed time to annex the Panama canal.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '[')b]Trump Threatens To Take Back Panama Canal As He Declares "Golden Age Of America Is Upon Us"

Golden age, like in sunset.
Oh the old man is a nut alright, he seems to think because he dodged a bullet he's anointed by God.
He reminds me of a demented Roman Emperor.

[theluckycountry]

Assistant Professor, Critical Disability Studies, Carleton University



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') am a critical disability studies scholar who draws on feminist new materialism to examine disabled and mad students' experiences in higher education. My scholarly contributions lie at the theoretical and pedagogical intersections of disability, mad, and fat studies and include socio-historical examinations that surface the interconnections of colonialism, racism, ableism, sanism, and queer- and transphobia.

[theluckycountry]

Another video, this time examining the historical roots of the phenomena (which I have entitled Loony Tunes) entitled, Not to be confused with the American social justice entitled which relates to an aspect of "Loony Tunes"

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MURbXaBjjI

Merry xmas

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')Here is the most comprehensive video I have found to explain this phenomena that is occurring in American Higher Education.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', ' ')

[theluckycountry]

Australian Beer Ad. No girly boys allowed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1czclq8ztI

[theluckycountry]

Even Better!

Miss Teen USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')You're very progressive over there adam

[theluckycountry]

Yes that's your culture Adam. Freaks and imbeciles. Now go have a bud

[theluckycountry]

State Lawmakers Say Drastic Change Needed to Make College Affordable, Worthwhile
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or millions of American college students, things can go from bad to worse in a hurry, as they take on long-term debt to finance higher education and earn a degree that, based on labor market demands, isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.