Visions of Things To Come

It is becoming increasingly apparent that our way of life is coming to an end. Whether it be by economic turmoil or war or environmental or all three is almost inevitable at this point. Why so pessimistic you ask? Because factors are starting to form that become dominoes. Once these dominoes start to fall, they cannot be stopped. For example, if one suicide bomber blows up a gas station in Philly what do you think the outcome would be? It certainly wouldn't be pretty as the world is set on explode right now. Muslims in this country would need to be set aside as their safety would be in dire straights. Please don't see this as racist as I personally have nothing wrong with individual people of any religion, its the religion itself I dislike, but I can separate that from the person as noted that I have several close friends who are Ultra Orthodox Jewish, Born Agains, Mormon and yes, even Muslim. And trust me I never throw their religion in their face. They know my views and we respectably agree to disagree. Which is what I wish the rest of world would do but no there are all sorts of radicalized religious nutbugs of which Muslims seem to hold the majority of. But much like the hindsight we now have over Japanese internment, we fail to see one of the major reasons why they were separated: safety. Japanese individuals would have been targets for retribution and, unlike Germans who were similarly prosecuted during the war, easier to spot. There may come a time soon when separation may have to be done for the good of the innocent as not every Muslim is a terrorist. Idiot America will probably see it another way. With the Republicans somehow surging in the polls (set up for another stolen election?) we can safely say that this country is going to be toast as NOTHING will get done for the next few years. And does any reasonable person out there think that now is a good idea to do nothing? With the Republican ideas, or lack there of, plus a gridlocked Congress, Paul Craig Roberts' vision of the future seems more and more likely. A former assistant secretary to the Treasury under Ronald Regan, Roberts has been writing about our failing system for the past decade and his views have been rather on the mark. I respect him for calling out BOTH parties, including the Republicans which he says has been hijacked by corporate America. So go ahead America and vote Republican if you don't like things like Clean water, clean air, a livable workplace, vacation, sick days, good wages, a safe neighborhood and any kind of freedom because that is almost certainly the first to go. Let's take a look at what Roberts say the coming decade may look like.

2017- Our financial crisis devastates the country. Police clans form to restore order. Republicans driven under Bush and even Obama have given the police unprecedented powers that now make them unaccountable and militarized. When society goes, these thugs will be the new rulers in town. Feel safe yet? As society breaks down, the police became the new warlords ala Somalia and control everything, giving the best they can to friends and family. The rest of us will be forced to do whatever we can to survive which will certainly deal with lots of forced prostitution as the new Law will demand it. Think it won't here? Think again because EVERY society that goes through this does just that. In Rwanda they still use rape squads today. Think about that same amount of power and know that it will happen here. How will the fall happen? That's easy because it's happening right now. In a bid of ultimate greed, corporations are downgrading their workforce by nickle and dimeing us to death. However that is exactly how society collapses because eventually, people cannot afford to buy your products and then your company loses more and more money. It's a never ending cycle that leads to bankruptcy. When this occurs, like Circuit City or Linens and Things as examples, taxes are not collected from these failing industries. With everyone out of work and corporations dying, the inevitable happens. The government is forced to print more money to offset the balance until hyperinflation occurs. The government responds by ending Social Security, Medicare and looting all pension funds nationwide. This helped for one year, but with nothing left to loot, hyperinflation returns, bankrupting the nation. Other papers such as one written by the Rockefeller Foundation paint a similar picture of 2010 to 2020 being dubbed the doom generation. With climate change destroying our ecosystem with monstrous natural disasters. terrorism running rampant and economic turmoil brought on by these fits of nature plus a declining economic model worldwide, the next decade will be do or die for most of us. The die part more likely than not. Sorry to be the Master Of Doom and Gloom again but things are getting dicey and we are trusting a bunch of idiots to help solve our problems. God help us all.