The Status Quo Has Failed and Is Beyond Reform
Charles Hugh Smith
Washington’s Blog
April 25, 2016
Why can’t our status quo be reformed? There are two primary reasons:
1) Those benefiting from the current arrangement will resist any reforms that threaten their share of the pie–and meaningful reforms will necessarily threaten everyone’s slice of the pie.
2) Reforms that actually address the structural flaws will bring the system down, as the status quo can only continue if its engine (permanent expansion of debt and consumption) is running at full speed. Once the engine stalls or even slows, the system collapses.