[AgentR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'N')obody noticed the ever increasing size of the prison population of the US over the last 20 years?

[VMarcHart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', 'S')urvival in the future will depend more and more on *NOT* being noticed. Practice now. The art of hiding in plain sight.

[Dukkha]

The whole thing is a good spectacle and watching a bunch of amoral pricks who've been living off the profits of empire (let's call that wealth what is - stolen loot) get a little bit of comeuppance (though as yet not nearly enough) gives a pleasant feeling of natural justice being administered but where I live the rice is still being planted and harvested, people are still getting pissed at night, boys and girls are still flirting with each other; life goes on. If this is the end of the world (as so many on this board seem so keen to see), it's not even happening with a whimper.

[hubbertspeak7777777]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', 'B')ecause we and they can afford food; one way or another, more food than we can possibly eat; even if they are evicted and lose their jobs.
Yes, there will always be a certain small segment of any population that has difficulty feeding itself for a variety of reasons, but that isn't the result of our current economic situation; it is the natural state of human life. For the most part; we don't let them starve, despite their disfunctionality. There are also, at all times, people that endure periodic hardship as a result of natural or individual economic disasters; but again; these things are in no way unique or even over represented in our current situation.
The question was "worst". The answer is "not even close".
That does not imply that some people aren't suffering some hardships; but even the ones that are suffering the strongest effects of the current situation are NOT dieing of starvation.
When, and it WILL happen, the streets of American cities are openly littered with people dieing of starvation and its associated diseases, then we can start talking about "worst". As it is now, you're more likely to be arrested for loitering, thrown in a box, sandwich and cup of water placed firmly in your hand.

[AgentR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hubbertspeak7777777', 'I') agree that things aren't that bad now(I'd say our current situation is still so-so or maybe even decent compared to how bad things could be), it just gets old hearing people say "be grateful for what you have because people from _____(insert country or time period) have or had it worse than us" as if there is some supernatural force keeping track of whether or not we are grateful. It's irrelevent, pseudo-superstituous crap and it doesn't really help us, the third world people or people from the past (they don't give a damn anyways since they expired long ago.) I guess I'm just tired of guilt trips.

[Ferretlover]

No, it is not the worst yet. Pace yourselves, people. The worst is yet to come.

[dinopello]

Worst? You need to get to bad before you get to worst.

For an individual it's bad when you lose your job. It's the worst when you can't get food.