I have been really surprised by the complacency and general lack of interest among most people where this financial crisis is concerned. I'm not sure if it is total ignorance of the severity of the situation or a complacency that most of Americans have been lulled into.
I was just in New York City this passed weekend visiting my family and seeing friends of mine in Brooklyn that I went to college with. We had a good sized group at my friends house on Friday night to make dinner and watch the debate. Most of these kids are my age or a little older and have good jobs in the city that range from web design for large companies like Coca-Cola and GM, to advertising production for cable television shows. While we watched the debate it seemed like most of these people didn't really take any of it seriously. The majority of these well educated, as of now financially stable, friends of mine seemed to be watching the debates in search of that Daily Show moment. When the economy was being discussed on TV, the conversation in the room was on how old Jim Leherer and John McCain are and if his dentures were going to fall out of his mouth.
I was really surprised how these friends of mine really don't realize the severity of this situation, and seem to feel that it will all work itself out. It always has in the past so what is the difference now.
A rubber band can only stretch so far before it snaps and they seem to be closing their eyes waiting for it to rupture.
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