JEFF DEIST: What makes you optimistic, what makes you pessimistic about what you see in the US? RON PAUL: Well, if I look at the big picture including a long span of time, I would say conditions aren’t that bad, even though I often talk about all the bad things I anticipate and how it could get worse in terms of the economy and foreign policy.
As I’ve traveled around the country making speeches at college campuses, I’ve noticed that very few young people want war. In fact, I’d say that 90 percent of the people I come into contact with are opposed to new wars. So, the question is this: If so few people seem to want war, why do we keep getting so many of them? The answer lies on how
I think the most exciting message for me today is that things are changing. Often, when I come to these events, people ask me, “isn’t this grueling, isn’t this very tough?” It’s not, though, and it’s actually a little bit selfish on my part, because I get energized when I meet all the young people here. It’s true there is a spread of ages here,
JEFF DEIST: ¿Qué te hace optimista y qué te hace pesimista sobre lo que ves en los Estados Unidos? RON PAUL: Bueno, si miro el panorama completo, incluido un lapso de tiempo prolongado diría que las condiciones no son tan malas, aunque a menudo hablo de todas las cosas malas que anticipo y cómo podrían empeorar en términos de la economía y la
[Extraído de The Austrian 3, nº 3 (2017): 4-6] Al viajar por el país dando discursos en universidades, he advertido que muy pocos jóvenes quieren la guerra. De hecho, yo diría que el 90% de la gente con la que estoy en contacto se opone a nuevas guerras. Así que la pregunta es: Si tan poca gente parece querer la guerra, ¿por qué seguimos
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