How does one NOT get along with a Golden Retriever? Lovely breed! In fact, I'm pretty convinced that if everyone owned a Golden, the collective consciousness would have raised a long time ago. Pure joy (especially with socks and tennis balls)
Actually I was talking about slew of events that would result in breaking of USA in 3/5 unions in 2028-32. However, I was very angry and sad during the whole day today . Even now I don't have the required mental calmness. I will expand on it later.
Actually I was talking about slew of events that would result in breaking of USA in 3/5 unions in 2028-32. However, I was very angry and sad during the whole day today . Even now I don't have the required mental calmness. I will expand on it later.
Asian, it's interesting that you speak of that as I had two dreams recently of the U.S.A. separating. The first dream was the U.S. splitting into 5 mini-nations by the late 2020s and the second dream was every state in the union had split into two countries, one-half being red and the other half being blue, and it collapsed the economy; everything was in chaos.
I deeply hope that the dreams were metaphorical in nature and not literal. I'm not for sure if I could withstand the experience of a nation collapsing like the Balkans and the Soviet Union did back in the late 80s, early 90s.
Read an interesting international opinion piece in The Week (paywall I believe - http://theweek.com/print/406664/62099/article ). From the article; "Iran and Israel are on the verge of all-out war, said Richard Spencer in The Times (U.K.)." (Note that they quote several pieces by European and Middle East news outlets.)
An Israeli columnist argues that Netanyahu is trying to start a war. "Retaliating against an Iranian offensive is one thing, said Nahum Barnea in Yedioth Ahronoth(Israel), but purposely provoking such an attack is another entirely. Yet that is what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be doing."
In the past, the US has been able to moderate Israel's worst instincts but the Trump administration seems to be cheering them on. A war in the Middle East would cause a deep world wide recession through the disruption in the flow of oil. It may also split the western alliance once and for all with Europe going their own way.
Gracesinger, I wasn't really thinking about a full-on Logan movie scenario here. Some people here may be willing to shelter others if needed, but that's something best discussed if somebody actually offers, with whatever conditions they feel are appropriate.
I was thinking more along the lines of general warnings and advice.
Maria, your predictions are amazing. Care to offer more? I am impressed.
America is at a cross-road right now. What was needed at this time is self-less visionary leadership. Of course trump belongs on the total opposite side. Which is going to impact America in a horrible way. His administration's decisions like trade war(also getting involved with the war in the ME in future) will impact American economy in a bad way. Dollar will lose much of its value in the next decade and eventually cease to be the reserve currency of the world. The fall of American hegemony will give rise to a multi-polar world. Localization is one of the main features of the upcoming age. No one can stop it. But, with a bad leadership America's entry to the localization process will be full of turmoil.
I agree with the Zoron's blade runner vision. Right now what is happening(increase of mass shooting events and racial violence) is the beginning of that scenario. Eventually the political structure will implode, both in the Europe and in the USA.
Asian, I try to explain to my conservative friends about the danger of the US $ losing its status as the reserve currency. You can already see China maneuvering in that direction. I tell them that our standard of living will take a huge hit but they just don't get it. They think it's 1946 and the US can more or less set the global agenda and everyone sits up and listens. We are an empire in decline but also in denial about that decline.
Yes, Paul the time is different. The transfer of power from the British empire to America happened with mutual consent of both of these parties. Not only that, America inherited a western dominated world where eastern nations were laying in ruins. The pendulum has moved eastwards this time however, China's rise is the beginning.
Also due to trump, allies are angry and everyone is ganging up on America. By the time people will understand it will be too late. The post-WWII world order based on international rules will be destroyed. The trade war is a catalyst here. It will again increase during upcoming lunar eclipse.
The economy is already out of hand I'm afraid(it is already going on as said before people will get another shock before end of the year. It gradually increases through 2019 and crash at the beginning of 2020). You can stretch a debt-based economy for so long. However the middle east war will be a big reason for bad economic condition. A large amount of money will be diverted for that. Dollar not a being reserve currency is not full economic matter, wrong foreign policy of trump administration will be largely responsible for that.
Eventual citizens will rise up in protest against that, in demand for that money to be used for building infrastructure. The universities will be centers of new civil movement, which will again cause massive harm to their reputation. Foreign students will avoid American universities in future. That time is however, is still few years away from now.
Events happening now are confirming the potential mixed North Korea-Iran timeline that I sensed, that has the potential to end up in WWIII if it isn't stopped. The main points in the timeline are:
1. Talks between US and North Korea fail. Many people assume that they were some sort of success because Trump said so. However, the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un was the beginning of the talks, rather than the end, as it's the custom. The talks have been happening since, and recently Bolton has confirmed that they're not going well.
2. Iran and North Korea discuss nuclear weapons and have some sort of agreement in order that Iran may get nuclear weapons quickly. This has happened recently, with the North Korean foreign minister recently visiting Iran.
3. After the failure of the North Korean talks, the White House gives North Korea an ultimatum or face the military option for de-nuclearisation. (This hasn't happened yet).
4. At the same time, the US does military exercises in the Middle East in order to intimidate Iran.
5. China and Russia see the combination of US postures on North Korea and Iran as threatening to start WWIII. They give a strongly worded ultimatum at the UN, making their red lines clear, the most significant being that they will not tolerate a military invasion of North Korea or Iran.
4. At this point, several EU countries will propose to mediate to resolve the conflict diplomatically. Things could step back from the brink, or they may not.