American Revolution II
Posted by BambiB 11 years, 4 months ago to Government
The economy is a mess. Obama stirs the pot, creates disaster, claims success and moves on. A new entitlements program in the form of "Obamacare" has just been dumped on the American People. The Federales are $17 trillion in debt, facing $211 trillion in unfunded mandates over the next 50 years. 25 cents of ever Federal dollar spent is borrowed - and China has just begun making noises that sound a lot like, "We're not loaning you any more money."
American police forces - from the local units to the Federal level are more militarized, aggressive and violent than any time in history. At the same time, Americans (many perceiving a threat from the government) are arming themselves in record numbers.
The split between rich and poor has never been greater. Jobs are hard to come by. The government is pumping out propaganda by the boat load. The adminstration is lying to us, the NSA is spying on us, the TSA is groping us, the IRS is harassing and taxing us, Congress is ignoring us.
Will it all break? If so, when? And how? Will Americans rebel? Will it be peaceful or violent? What will come afterwards? How much of the dreck that is American "law" will remain? Will the Constitution be tossed aside? Will we continue to allow morons to vote? Will there be any voting? How will things change?
Will Americans meekly accept whatever their "leaders" tell them to accept?
And most of all: WHEN do you think changes will occur?
I'd say we have 0 to 10 years before the dollar crashes. Hard. I expect the Chinese to shorten our "line of credit" and push for the establishment of the Yuan as the international currency. When they do that, the dollar will crash - dropping by more than 90% in value in a single year. The prices of everything (as valued in dollars) will soar. The government-created "dependent class" won't have enough money to eat. Crime will explode in the dependent neighborhoods and merchants, unable to withstand the stress, will withdraw, making life even more difficult. There will be riots (think "Rodney King riots in L.A.) in every major city - but food riots. People will begin to organize themselves into self-protection groups. The government will react to it all with martial law.
Then the grease really hits the fire.
Gun confiscation.
Resistance.
Counter-offensive.
Civil war.
Military suppression and insurrection.
Assassinations.
Anarchy.
A new beginning. But what kind?
So there's my prediction. What's yours?
American police forces - from the local units to the Federal level are more militarized, aggressive and violent than any time in history. At the same time, Americans (many perceiving a threat from the government) are arming themselves in record numbers.
The split between rich and poor has never been greater. Jobs are hard to come by. The government is pumping out propaganda by the boat load. The adminstration is lying to us, the NSA is spying on us, the TSA is groping us, the IRS is harassing and taxing us, Congress is ignoring us.
Will it all break? If so, when? And how? Will Americans rebel? Will it be peaceful or violent? What will come afterwards? How much of the dreck that is American "law" will remain? Will the Constitution be tossed aside? Will we continue to allow morons to vote? Will there be any voting? How will things change?
Will Americans meekly accept whatever their "leaders" tell them to accept?
And most of all: WHEN do you think changes will occur?
I'd say we have 0 to 10 years before the dollar crashes. Hard. I expect the Chinese to shorten our "line of credit" and push for the establishment of the Yuan as the international currency. When they do that, the dollar will crash - dropping by more than 90% in value in a single year. The prices of everything (as valued in dollars) will soar. The government-created "dependent class" won't have enough money to eat. Crime will explode in the dependent neighborhoods and merchants, unable to withstand the stress, will withdraw, making life even more difficult. There will be riots (think "Rodney King riots in L.A.) in every major city - but food riots. People will begin to organize themselves into self-protection groups. The government will react to it all with martial law.
Then the grease really hits the fire.
Gun confiscation.
Resistance.
Counter-offensive.
Civil war.
Military suppression and insurrection.
Assassinations.
Anarchy.
A new beginning. But what kind?
So there's my prediction. What's yours?
I'll concede that there is some optimism in my assessment. Perhaps reality would lie somewhere in between. We'll find out if/when the dollar crashes.
In the meantime, preparations like exchanging dollars for foreign currencies, getting your hands on a bit of gold/silver, investing in foreign markets servicing China, etc. do seem like worthwhile endeavors. I mentioned Peter Schiff's "The Real Crash". It's a pretty good read with some ideas for how to "crash-proof" yourself. This might make for an interesting post in its own right.
Then there are the morons who thought Romney was the answer. So that eliminates most people who voted.
Then there's the ~50% who didn't even vote - we can write most of them off as dumber than those who did!
Bottom line: The average person is oblivious and disengaged. They want to sit on the couch, eat, watch TV and not do much else.
The average idiot would think that putting out a bucket would catch enough rainwater to survive - but it takes .5 to 1 gallon a day for the average person to survive. Assuming a bucket has a diameter of 12", that it rains every single day, and the amount of rain is 1" per day, a bucket would collect a little less than half a gallon.
As for eating flora and fauna - do you know what plants are good to eat? Which will kill you? Most people don't. They have absolutely no idea. Wolfbane salad anyone? Top it off with Oleander blossoms?
My bet is that if you pulled 1000 people out of today's society, turned them loose in the countryside without access to any man-made or man-produced resources (no farm houses, no pre-packaged foods, no vegetable gardens that just happen to be lying around, no livestock in a barn waiting for slaughter, no guidebooks for what plants are good to eat), that on average, you might have 200 left alive at the end of a month and maybe 10-20 left at the end of three months. Maybe more if they eat each other.
People today have no idea how to make a snare, dress a rabbit, or for that matter, in most cases, even make a fire. They don't know what they can eat, or what will kill them.
As for the "resource-poor" cities… once MacDonalds and Burger King close, it's all over.
Vietnam was not a win for the insurgents but a win for the invaders.
There's been plenty of warning. The problem is, the average person is a moron. As long as they have three meals, a comfortable bed, "reality" TV, streaming video and a phone that's a lot smarter than they are, they're happy. It's not that they don't CARE that they're being fattened for a reason and butchery day is tomorrow - they're so think, they DON'T SEE IT COMING.
Science Fiction (multiple books - but mostly Hugo winners and the like).
Feynman's Lectures on Physics
Pauling's "General Chemistry"
Lots of stuff on line from probably 100+ sources.
Some software references
Too much stuff in the Gulch.
I'm trying to picture an economy where you can neither owe anything nor own anything.
>> which is why I garden, learning to can
And marksmanship, and reloading...
I think that's probably the least-convincing justification you could possibly have given.
Obama won. Twice.
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