I’m away from my computer today, but here’s a film I really enjoy. Market Street, San Francisco, 1905:
No Fed, an “inflexible” currency, no Homeland Security, no Consumer Products Safety Commission, no Department of Education, no Social Security… heck, no traffic laws! How on earth did these people survive? How are they all dressed so well?
You know, our great cities were built under what we today would consider de-facto anarchy.
I fear that after this depression runs its course our standard of living will be below that of 1905 — and without the freedom, either.
It was quite a time … one thing I like about all the old trolley cars on the streets of SF today is that they make me feel a bit transported back to that era.