Mark West
Dawn of the debt
By Mark West
ZOMBIES!!! I LOOOOOVE Zombie films!
Allow me to clarify, I'm not a fan of the gruesome gorging on human flesh, nor the glamorously gory zombie kills, but rather for the actual involvement of the human element.
I'm confounded and amazed at the petty selfishness and infighting that derail the survivor's focus. I mean, these folks are facing death by devouring at the hands of cunningly, cannibalistic zombies. Why don't they actually deal with their problem by coming together and face down the zombie hordes?
I'm equally encumbered over the lack of patriotic zeal found in my countrymen as we face a horde of our own zombies. Factually, a zombie invasion is one major impact factor affecting our economy!
So I've drawn inspiration from the epic zombie flicks to describe the chasing we're facing as we seek a real economic recovery. We are in the Dawn of the Debt and are being overrun by an invasion of zombie‐corporations (z‐corps for short). Here's my guide to survival:
#1 SURPRISE: Zombie invasions aren't normal! People are surprised as they find zombies in the neighborhood, next door, and even in their own homes. This element allows the plague to spread at fever pitch.
#2 SPREAD: Zombie plagues spread with surreal speed! The living dead have ravenous appetites. A lot of energy is required to keep a dead body walking, you know! I don't blame, I only try to explain.
#3 DISCOVERY: Eventually, the survivors discover where the zombies are coming from and why. Viruses, weapons and even the judgment of God usually cause these breakouts. I reiterate that zombie invasions aren't normal!
#4 SURVIVAL: Zombie flicks draw us into a perilous pursuit of survival. We long deeply for the survival of the human race. The ability to run and hide is valuable. Examination of zombies for their weaknesses (typically a headshot) is involved. Sometimes the survivors even attempt to cure the plague.
#5 AFTERMATH: A decimated existence is left in the wake of the zombie invasions. Survivors, if any do manage to get through, remain to regroup and rebuild while establishing the new normal.
Surviving the Dawn of the Debt requires understanding. An understanding that blazes beyond the surprise of the swarm while digging deep into the reason it happened.
Z‐corps emerged from government tinkering in the natural economic process of recession. Failing companies are normally the fodder of recession cycles. However, under the guise of public compassion and requiring only a strong belief in the necessity of an industry, our government began the practice of propping up perishing entities within that industry with public assistance.
Business kept going, people kept working, and the economy appeared to keep growing. Recessions were a thing of the past; this was now the new normal, even if it was artificially maintained. Beginning with the resuscitation of the markets in 2001, the Dawn of the Debt began spreading until even the banks, carmakers, and insurance companies needed bailed out.
Staving off the economic pain of recession has cost and will continue to cost future jobs and economic growth. Z‐corps subsist in whole or in part by consuming resources being produced by healthy companies, robbing them of opportunities for their own expansion and job growth.
Z‐corps should have been allowed to fail so that the resources being wasted in sustaining them could have been used to fund new economic innovation.
Instead, we awaken in the new normal of systemic stagflation, with a serious threat of devolution through monetary deflation into an economic depression. As dawn turns to day we must shift from exposing the problem to offering a solution, which I plan to do in my next column, "Day of the Debt."
© Mark West
June 21, 2010
ZOMBIES!!! I LOOOOOVE Zombie films!
Allow me to clarify, I'm not a fan of the gruesome gorging on human flesh, nor the glamorously gory zombie kills, but rather for the actual involvement of the human element.
I'm confounded and amazed at the petty selfishness and infighting that derail the survivor's focus. I mean, these folks are facing death by devouring at the hands of cunningly, cannibalistic zombies. Why don't they actually deal with their problem by coming together and face down the zombie hordes?
I'm equally encumbered over the lack of patriotic zeal found in my countrymen as we face a horde of our own zombies. Factually, a zombie invasion is one major impact factor affecting our economy!
So I've drawn inspiration from the epic zombie flicks to describe the chasing we're facing as we seek a real economic recovery. We are in the Dawn of the Debt and are being overrun by an invasion of zombie‐corporations (z‐corps for short). Here's my guide to survival:
#1 SURPRISE: Zombie invasions aren't normal! People are surprised as they find zombies in the neighborhood, next door, and even in their own homes. This element allows the plague to spread at fever pitch.
#2 SPREAD: Zombie plagues spread with surreal speed! The living dead have ravenous appetites. A lot of energy is required to keep a dead body walking, you know! I don't blame, I only try to explain.
#3 DISCOVERY: Eventually, the survivors discover where the zombies are coming from and why. Viruses, weapons and even the judgment of God usually cause these breakouts. I reiterate that zombie invasions aren't normal!
#4 SURVIVAL: Zombie flicks draw us into a perilous pursuit of survival. We long deeply for the survival of the human race. The ability to run and hide is valuable. Examination of zombies for their weaknesses (typically a headshot) is involved. Sometimes the survivors even attempt to cure the plague.
#5 AFTERMATH: A decimated existence is left in the wake of the zombie invasions. Survivors, if any do manage to get through, remain to regroup and rebuild while establishing the new normal.
Surviving the Dawn of the Debt requires understanding. An understanding that blazes beyond the surprise of the swarm while digging deep into the reason it happened.
Z‐corps emerged from government tinkering in the natural economic process of recession. Failing companies are normally the fodder of recession cycles. However, under the guise of public compassion and requiring only a strong belief in the necessity of an industry, our government began the practice of propping up perishing entities within that industry with public assistance.
Business kept going, people kept working, and the economy appeared to keep growing. Recessions were a thing of the past; this was now the new normal, even if it was artificially maintained. Beginning with the resuscitation of the markets in 2001, the Dawn of the Debt began spreading until even the banks, carmakers, and insurance companies needed bailed out.
Staving off the economic pain of recession has cost and will continue to cost future jobs and economic growth. Z‐corps subsist in whole or in part by consuming resources being produced by healthy companies, robbing them of opportunities for their own expansion and job growth.
Z‐corps should have been allowed to fail so that the resources being wasted in sustaining them could have been used to fund new economic innovation.
Instead, we awaken in the new normal of systemic stagflation, with a serious threat of devolution through monetary deflation into an economic depression. As dawn turns to day we must shift from exposing the problem to offering a solution, which I plan to do in my next column, "Day of the Debt."
© Mark West
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