05-18-2018, 02:40 AM
(05-17-2018, 08:12 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:(05-17-2018, 03:03 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(05-17-2018, 02:40 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:(05-17-2018, 08:11 AM)Anthony Wrote: Since not only did 9/11 not cause the Culture Wars to wind down, but the Culture Wars have actually ramped up since then (Lawrence vs. Texas, Obergefell v. Hodges, "partial-birth abortion," the continuing drive to defund Planned Parenthood), I theorize that with 9/11 began a unique hybrid 3T-4T, which I expect will end with a financial catastrophe in most likely October 2019 (something I have been predicting for literally two decades), leaving us in a pure 4T, which could commence as early as this November, if "The Map" holds up and the Republicans get to 60 seats to Senate, or to 59 and the Republicans can induce Maine independent Angus King, who currently caucuses with the Democrats, to cross the aisle.
Do you feel as though the financial malaise you are predicting will be severe enough as to make the 1930s Great Depression seem like a walk in the park, as many have speculated that something like this could happen? Don't wish it to happen but that's what it may take to undo the philosophy of Money as God.
At least we know what to do about another reprise of the sort of economic meltdown that followed panics of 1857, 1929, and 2008 -- if we have the means (savings and tax authority).
Have said many times that today's society would have a much more difficult time handling a Great Depression than the people alive at that time did. More of them knew how to grow their own food, etc. Do you feel that if this does happen it will make housing much more affordable again, and perhaps a comeback of rooming house situations?
The economy seems to be going too well to crash so soon, even though the prosperity is very thin. I had predicted the 2008 crash, and have predicted that it will be the worst in the lifetimes of people today. The worst we can expect in 2019 is a recession, possibly a mild one. If it's enough to scare people into voting Trump and Republicans out in 2020, then as productive policies get restored over the following 3 or 4 years, a boom time could develop. This might even continue if, as I predict, controversy and conflict could ramp up at mid-decade.
Well, ya herd it here
