All part of the hubris that fools itself into refusing to credit consequences that are plainly evident if an ill-advised course of conduct persists. This is the hubris driving its victims to take advantage of seeming opportunities to chew off some territory here or wrong-foot an opponent there -- especially if you've seen someone else do…
All part of the hubris that fools itself into refusing to credit consequences that are plainly evident if an ill-advised course of conduct persists. This is the hubris driving its victims to take advantage of seeming opportunities to chew off some territory here or wrong-foot an opponent there -- especially if you've seen someone else do it before and get away withy it. All the European powers from the Franco-Prussian war up to August 2014 were self-deluded in this way by visions of gaining ground against the other players. Until it went wrong.
This is one of the chief melodies in the 24/7/365 opera of human folly. Just keep borrowing money and flipping houses because the prices are going through the roof and we don't want to miss out. Invade Poland, the other powers did nothing when you took the Sudetenland. Take the debt hostage, all the chicken littles were wrong about the sky falling before. Start a default so we get a recession, it will be blamed on the Democrats so we will win the next election.
All part of the hubris that fools itself into refusing to credit consequences that are plainly evident if an ill-advised course of conduct persists. This is the hubris driving its victims to take advantage of seeming opportunities to chew off some territory here or wrong-foot an opponent there -- especially if you've seen someone else do it before and get away withy it. All the European powers from the Franco-Prussian war up to August 2014 were self-deluded in this way by visions of gaining ground against the other players. Until it went wrong.
This is one of the chief melodies in the 24/7/365 opera of human folly. Just keep borrowing money and flipping houses because the prices are going through the roof and we don't want to miss out. Invade Poland, the other powers did nothing when you took the Sudetenland. Take the debt hostage, all the chicken littles were wrong about the sky falling before. Start a default so we get a recession, it will be blamed on the Democrats so we will win the next election.