COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T

[Warren Dew]

(04-06-2020, 03:52 AM)Isoko Wrote: I would say it depends on which part of the world you live in....

However in order to reduce expenditures and with a rather bad public image, I believe that the U.S "empire" will start to really come apart during this decade. You can already see the decline in middle Eastern affairs and even in Europe, Russia is being favourably looked upon as a better partner then America...

Now as for Europe on the other hand, I think that this is likely going to lead to a depression. Too much debt, weak centralised authority from the EU and too many basket case economies. I think after corona virus, Europe is going to explode into heavy political action. I expect that the economic woes along with continued problems of immigration will lead to the rise of populist governments and the eventual death of the EU, which in itself is another economic storm waiting to happen.

Good point.  If the EU falls apart, that would likely suffice for the reduction in economic concentration that I think is needed.

The US isn't going to give up its "empire" easily, though.  That might imply follow on conflicts with Russia and China.  Or maybe the US and Russia divide up Europe again.