Want to fix the economy? Then you’re going to need to go into the economy…

Friends,

I am a ritual kind of girl. I wake up every morning at roughly the same time and follow the same pattern of getting ready—down to the minute. I will switch up what I work on during my ‘computer’ time, but it always alternates between social media, my website, and promotions.

Nothing more. Nothing less.

When I get to work, it’s the same thing: I get my water, go potty, log on, and, first thing first, check out what’s going on in the world.

I’m not one of those people who only watch one news channel. I flip through them all so that I can get a broad sense of what is going on in the world. After 30 minutes- I shut it off and move on.

But lately, the news has been bothering me.

It’s easy to sit in my cushy chair and judge from the comfort of my office. For the most part, ‘big-ticket’ items don’t affect the common person.

Until lately.

Now, I never dive into the deep pool of politics- I have my own personal feelings about ALL of our elective officials here in the U.S. Some good. Some indifferent. Most of it is not all that great. But I understand that I am not privy to the information they are and can not in good conscience make a statement one way or another.

But what I can comment on is the economics and historical impacts of making decisions. Why? Because I’m a historian who spent years researching, reading, and documenting past decisions that led to the fall of some great density. Rome. England. American political groups. War.

The one thing everyone has in common is decisions that affect the economy. That’s when a civilization will fall. In my humble opinion, we are retracing the missteps of our forefathers, regardless of where our ancestors came from.

COVID was devastating, not just because of the actual illness but because of policies and procedures implanted based on emotions, fears, and skepticism. No one trusted anyone. Everyone was an expert on a disease that no one knew anything about. Corners were cut. Analysis was skipped for rash decisions.

If a commander on a battlefield would have reacted the way that we did- a few battles may have been won, but the war would have been a decisive loss.

We are seeing the fallback of losing the war. The rash determinations, emplaced for a ‘warm and fuzzy’ feeling, have trickled down to the fall of the U.S. economy.

Don’t go to work. Stay home. Order your groceries. Don’t go outside. I’m not going into the medical necessity of wearing a mask—that argument has been beaten until the bones are shattered and turned into paste.

What I’m talking about is the loss of jobs and increase in prices. What did we all think was going to happen when we closed small businesses? When cashiers, construction workers, federal employees, and trade workers were laid off to protect the world from what is now considered ‘the flu?’

Did you think that we would be able to rebound immediately? That the world would go back to normal once the freeways were opened up again.

No.

We handed big businesses like Amazon, eBay, Wayfair, and online retail the world on a silver platter and told everyone that people are dangerous. We were told to alienate ourselves from social interactions and now are dealing with an influx of depression, anxiety, and lack of education.

Now politicians are trying to backpedal. They are trying to fix the problem by blaming one another for joint decisions that made them ‘look good.’ I don’t blame one party or another. They all had an equal hand in creating the monster we see now.

Will the U.S. survive this new economy? I’m not sure. Rome was an influence on the construction of the U.S. By far, it is one of the most impressive examples of an empire rising with the times, but it fell to internal corruption, division among the people, and outside invasion. Sound familiar?

You probably asking- ‘What can we do about it?’ Well, there is the normal argument that we can all vote. Not just in the Preseidnetal election- but for our state representatives- you know, the ones that hold the real power.

But I can already hear the argument- ‘That’s not going to do anything.’ ‘I don’t have time.’ And the list goes on and on.

We can support small businesses or what is even considered ‘big businesses’- because that’s what creates jobs. But we are so ingrained in our thought process now that it’s not good to go out in public. We distrust every single human being in the world because we are told that everyone is evil.

It’s easier to order online than deal with lines, traffic, and lack of parking spaces.

But here’s the deal: If you want to change the economy and support jobs, go out into the world. Take a chance and go to the stores. Employees will not be hired, and businesses will not flourish if no one walks through the doors. Museums will close. Artists may actually starve.

If you don’t have the money to buy useless items, that’s fine. Still, go. Write a review. Encourage other people to visit.

While you are at it- feel free to buy a copy of my book.

Until tomorrow, my friends- Keep Reading and Stay Caffeinated.

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