Hemlines confirm economic depression

[PattyLee loves dogs]

Those hemlines are REALLY low... better short the banks and stock up on canned goods 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2308708/This-summer%27s-look%2C-share-plunge-hems.html

[J’raxis 270145]

Those hemlines are REALLY low... better short the banks and stock up on canned goods 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2308708/This-summer%27s-look%2C-share-plunge-hems.html

Tracking hemlines as some sort of indicator sounds a bit silly at first, but the theory they're getting at in the article is generally correct: In hard times, people become more modest, conservative (in the social sense), and so on. Religions that promote self-denial and an afterlife usually begin making a resurgence, too: People need to rationalize why their life is so austere, now, and need to hope for something better, later on.

[PattyLee loves dogs]

Religions that promote self-denial and an afterlife usually begin making a resurgence, too:

We've got to launch our product NOW, then. "Double your after-life or 100% soul-back guarantee".

People need to rationalize why their life is so austere, now,

Not hard to figure out... it's austere because they're tithing to televangelists AND 5-6X tithing to Caesar.

and need to hope for something better, later on.

Again, we'll out-compete. Our eternity starts later and costs more 

[Ron Helwig]

In hard times, people become more modest, conservative (in the social sense), and so on. Religions that promote self-denial and an afterlife usually begin making a resurgence, too

Ahhh. Now we know why the bastards are ruining the economy. They have a plan to grow social conservatism and fiction worship.

[J’raxis 270145]

In hard times, people become more modest, conservative (in the social sense), and so on. Religions that promote self-denial and an afterlife usually begin making a resurgence, too

Ahhh. Now we know why the bastards are ruining the economy. They have a plan to grow social conservatism and fiction worship.

Maybe. It is a known fact that the neoconservatives believe in the noble lie theory of governance—that is, promulgate myths that the rulers knows to be false, but useful, in order to inculcate "morality" (and thus obedience) in the population. And these neocons are quite friendly with the extreme religious right, aren't they...