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# well generally speaking
in a depression, history has shown that hard right wing groups (or left wing i think, occasionally) are going to get more votes
(I helped save b3ta! dogigniter - Saving the world one turkey ham wrap at a time -, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:05, archived)
# Good job we're not in a depression now then.

A depression requires a 10% shrinking of the economy. We've had about a 2.5% shrinkage, and we're through the worst of it. Japan and Germany have already reported a return to economic growth.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:07, archived)
# Point taken
good news about japan, great scientific nation... got some strange customs and culture though, like the whole schoolgirls knickers vending machines they have on the streets in Tokyo?
(I helped save b3ta! dogigniter - Saving the world one turkey ham wrap at a time -, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:10, archived)
# 2000 years of violent brutal oppression suddenly released overnight with no period of adjustment.
What do you get? Anime.

As for the recession; the economic problems are more or less over really. It's the long-term social problems we need to worry about. Domestic violence, drug abuse and alcholism all increase dramatically during a recession and continue to increase even after return to growth. Some councils have already seen a two-fold increase in domestic violence in their areas.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:13, archived)
# Just to confuse things
all anti-social and criminal behaviour needs the word "reported" in front of it.
An increase in reported crime might mean people trust the police more than they did 10 years ago to do something about it: A good sign.
OK a little devils advocate, but you get my point.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:22, archived)
# Yes, quite right. The word 'reported' was implied.

Although the government's official line is that they expect an increase in reported social problems as a direct result of the recession.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:24, archived)