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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

So what would a good year look like? Did we ever have one?

I feel like on a global level there are only okay and bad years, where any good comes from things not being bad. But it's also easier for a global bad to happen than a global good, given that bad things can be universal whereas good things are often limited. For example, it's unlikely that there'll ever be a year when every single nation prospers, but it's not terribly hard to have a year when every single nation suffers (which we saw with COVID)

agesboy posted...

pick any of the obama years

even if you hated the guy, you probably liked the years more than what we have right now

Those were pretty lousy years. And keep in mind that timeframe includes the Great Recession.

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

I prefer the Bush Jr. years. But these years, like the Obama years, weren't good or bad because of who the President was.

And that time-frame includes the previous recession... as well as the Great Recession. And 9/11. But, beyond that, the years were kinda okay. Far fewer race riots, anyway. The Obama years sometimes felt like things were constantly being set on fire. And the Obama administration always waited as long as possible before doing any kind of intervention.