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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

There weren't too many countries whose monetary system was interwoven with 
or dependent on the USSR.  However, when it fell, a lot of those little 
countries who were part of it were cut loose and they have never recovered. 
When thinking about the whole interwoven/global economy thing that everyone 
has worked so hard to create, I've wondered if they have really looked at 
what the ultimate outcome will be of the whole thing.  I wonder if anyone 
gave any thought to the first half of the old saying (we'll all sink or swim 
together) while they were all concentrating on the second half.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> I wonder.  When the USSR collapsed, not much happened.  It was almost as
> if it collapsed on paper, as the doors were still open for business.
>
>
> While some folks think China will rise up, I don't
> > because they depend on sales to the U.S. and other countries that will 
> > fall
> > because the U.S. fell.  Plus countries such as Israel, So. Korea, etc. 
> > will
> > fall.  Perhaps a modern equivalent of the Dark Ages?
>
> I'll be thinking about this today.
> Like you say, there's not much we can do, except 'press on'<g>
> --
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
> will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
> world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
> are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
> the problems of the human race"
>
> ~ Calvin Coolidge
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