Q & A

Q: What is going to happen in this country?

A: This is a question I get fairly regularly, and I usually answer it by repeating the same things that Ron Paul says. The current Occupation Movement is another symptom of the massive unrest that is fixing to occur as the system implodes.

The bulk of our economic problems are the fault of the Federal Reserve and the federal government. Together, they are debasing the currency and destroying our way of life. Iceland which suffered massively in the downturn has since recovered. This is because they couldn't bail themselves out and were not big enough to get a bailout from other countries. Consequently, they suffered severely but for a relative short while. This is the same medicine we should take in the US, but it won't happen.

There is hope. The hope is that Ron Paul will be elected President. If Obama is re-elected, this country is fucked. Keynesian economics doesn't work, yet they are undeterred in their stupidity. Obama pursues these policies and does not listen to facts or reason. As for Ben Bernanke, he needs to be fired. I would like to see the Fed abolished, a return to the gold standard, or something to break their monopoly hold on the currency.

Will Ron Paul win? Nope. I want him to win. I will vote for him. But when betting against the stupidity of the people, you are probably going to lose. There is no such thing as premature enlightenment. People have to be beat down so hard by reality and every false hope exhausted before they will ever do the smart thing. Even then, they will do the least amount of the smart thing possible. If you doubt this, we were in a similar place in the 1970s. You are seeing a more severe repeat of the mistakes of that decade.

My advice? You need to buy gold for your savings, arm yourself with a side arm and a shotgun, and put away some canned goods and a supply of drinking water. I sound like the U-man on this shit, but this is one of those odd times when I am in agreement with him. When hyperinflation hits, there will be massive riots and stores will be looted. People will stop going to work because they can't afford to put gas in their cars. When the stores are empty, they will turn to the homes and take everything you have. This is why you need to be armed. Public utilities will crash as grids are smashed. Basically, it will be like getting hit by a hurricane or earthquake except this chaos will be man made.

Is this paranoia? Look at what is happening in Europe. They will almost certainly collapse before the US which may create a worldwide domino effect. But things are going to get really bad before they get better. It doesn't have to be this way, but we live in a time when stupidity reigns.

I don't think things will be so bad that the chaos goes on for years. I think it will be just a few months. If it were longer, I would tell you to escape the cities and go live in a rural area with a well and some solar panels and some land to grow food on. But I have learned one thing about pain from Epicurus. When it is severe, it does not last long.

I hope my predictions are wrong, and none of this happens. But I can tell you that if Obama gets re-elected or some shithead from the GOP like Mitt Romney, this country is fucked. This is because they are certain to continue the present policies that are destroying this nation. It really hinges on Ron Paul winning. He is the only guy I see in the race that rejects Keynesianism along with Gary Johnson. But like I said, Ron Paul isn't going to win. The American public has to pay for its errors, and they will. As someone who has told people the truth to watch it ignored every fucking time, I know people have to be utterly ass fucked before they ever change. Even this silly Occupation Movement shows this as people demonstrate because they want their fucking bailout, too. They are pigs at the trough with the little pigs mad that the big pigs got a bigger share. It boggles the mind.

Brace yourselves. The shit is coming.

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