I came across a similar phenomenon when I was an English teacher in rural Japan in the mid-1990's, and frankly, I think my husband (Japan in the late '90s, rural also) had the same outlook.

90年代中期我在日本乡下做一个英语老师时我也遇到了和你相似的情况，而且坦白的说，我觉得我丈夫(90年代末期，同样是在乡下)也有同样的观点。

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Were the declinists of old similar or different in political outlook to declinists today?

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In addition to being able to capitalize on a similar outlook (e.g. higher oil), traders may also be able to earn interest if they are on 2% margin or higher with most brokers.

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