Michael Lynch & Ronan Morley

Cassandra

Cassandra’s Crossing

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses

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Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

Recent events reminded me of what my colleague sent to me on 22 March 2020: ‘If humans ate the bat that gave us the Wuhan Virus, what did the bat eat? Perhaps the bat ate a butterfly… The “butterfly effect” is an idea, commonly used in “chaos theory”. It shows that a small change… like a “butterfly

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man standing on stage facing an american flag

Joe Biden’s Amnesia

Joe Biden’s Amnesia… Below are the comments from President Biden while responding to the senseless Jonathan Lemire from the Associated Press. (You can click the link below for reference) “Let’s get this straight. How would it be if the United States were viewed by the rest of the world as interfering with the elections directly

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The Devil

The Devil is in the Details

What Happens Next Economists describe inflation as “too many dollars chasing too few goods.” When you have too many dollars chasing the same thing, the chase will drive the price up. Things will become more expensive. If you look below, you will notice the stock market chart from the end of World War 2 1945

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Grief Cycle

Enter Stage Anger

‘Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences’ – Robert Louis Stevenson Exit stage denial & enter stage anger. We are exiting the denial stage and entering the stage of anger as detailed in Elizabeth Kuubler Ross’s Paradigm of Loss Model in relation to the Covid 19 Pandemic and ensuing economic crisis.

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