Acceptance is the Hardest Part For Permanent Bulls

There is a belief out there that everything is by design. The seemingly idiotic moves by our dear leaders are all part of a plan. They are the creators of the world and their strategy is flawless. Our feeble small minds cannot simply fathom their large brained, long term, strategem.

An alternative theory is they’re idiots.

The evidence of their gross incompetence is as clear as day, stemming from the dot com disaster until now. The only reason why they have gotten a pass is due to the stock market gains, which was buoyed by unprecedented stimulus and printing of dollars. If you traveled through time and told any economist that you felt it was a GOOD IDEA to print $9 trillion just so that the stock market could go higher, said economist would open hand smack you across the face. But because we’ve done this and haven’t really endured consequences for our actions — we deem it acceptable.

Amazing.

The lynch pin to all of this grandeur is the dominance of the US dollar. We are buoyed by the even great incompetence of our European partners and compared to them, and Japan, we look great.

Now I’m not suggesting there is a war ongoing that might possibly supplant this liberal world order. But what if there was? Would it ever matter if the Eastern alliance ditched the dollar for a currency of their own making? Are we so naive as to believe only western minds are keen enough to concoct world order schemes and if so — how is that working out for us so far?

I’d argue the bull case is predicated on status quo, whereas the bear case is a multi-polar world where the western hegemony loses power and influence. It just so happens, such a kinetic war is underway now but you’re not dodging bombs on the way to work in the morning so you’re not taking it seriously.