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And just like that; everyone stopped laughing at preppers
And just like that; everyone stopped laughing at preppers
A criticism of the failure by some people to prepare while mocking preppers…. kinds like the children’s story of the Three Little Pigs…. and the Big Bad Wolf is Covid-19…
A wise man believes; Be optimistic, but also be prepared for all possibilities…
And as we see, some of our government agencies, people in those agencies, and even some hospitals haven’t prepared…
In fact, it was only about decade back that some agencies and people were actually mocking and laughing at ‘Preppers’ who were training in disaster preparedness and laying aside a measured amount of food and supplies, including N95 masks.
Imagine the complete lack of vision and the obtuse thinking that it required to mock the same people these same agencies and people are now trying guilt-trip and shame into giving-up their masks… Does the movie ‘Idiocracy‘ come to mind?
And now, maybe worse yet… the vision-less are leading Americans; some of these same agencies and people are now the so-called ‘experts’ giving everyone else advice? How is that going to work?
Some agencies, and people are trying to shame citizens who are prepared into giving-up their preparedness supplies (N-95 masks), which they have laid away for this very day, in order to protect their families and themselves…
I think without any exaggeration whatsoever, what we’re seeing is the perfect storm of our lifetimes…
1918 Flu Pandemic
And it’s unlike any other disaster mankind has seen since the entire world was in dire straights and the grip of 1918 Flu Pandemic that killed 50 to 100-million people (Wiki)… As in prior disasters like hurricane Katrina, Sandy, etc. nobody is coming to the rescue, because every nation is in the same (or worse) deep trouble.
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Coronavirus is bad: The economic fallout may be more deadly
Coronavirus is bad: The economic fallout may be more deadly
The immediate impacts of the Coronavirus worldwide and in the United States is horrific but the economic fallout after this pandemic ends may be more deadly.
Economic Fallout Caused By Coronavirus Will Be Far Worse
But the economic fallout and resulting impact on our fragile just-in-time supply-chain infrastructure from Covid-19 and the resulting austerity and deaths may easily surpass what was attributed to the 1930’s economic collapse in the U.S. during the Great Depression, and may last for a decade or more.
Few people realize that the United States imports a major percentage of what Americans need to maintain the lifestyles to which they have grown accustomed and depend. And many of those imports have already slowed, significantly. It’s like pushing a huge boulder uphill; the moment you lose momentum, it can roll-back and right over the top of you.
Excerpt from Foreign Policy Magazine:
“Beyond the immediate treatment of those infected with coronavirus, however, Western governments have almost universally shut down rather than ramped up production. As one financial analyst pointed out, “lockdown economics” is in many ways the exact opposite of the wartime economics of total mobilization.
During both world wars, economic mobilization enrolled unprecedentedly large groups of male and female workers in mass production. The coronavirus’s disruption of supply chains and the social distancing measures of today, however, are currently putting millions of employees in the manufacturing and service sectors out of work.“
Sorting Out The Pandemic May Not End The Crises
Folks that loiter too long in cities in the hopes that sorting out the pandemic will end the crises may be in for a very rude, and potentially deadly surprise (time is already a critical aspect for effective tactics).
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“The System Simply Isn’t Working” – Hugh Hendry Warns Of 1930s-Style “Dramatic Fulcrum Point” In Europe
“The System Simply Isn’t Working” – Hugh Hendry Warns Of 1930s-Style “Dramatic Fulcrum Point” In Europe
We believe we are approaching a dramatic fulcrum point in public opinion in Europe which could deliver another bout of outsized positive returns from a unique Eclectica trade.
Since the Brexit referendum we have been developing our thoughts about what the Leave vote might mean, not just for the UK, but for the European project as a whole. And our main conclusion is that by doing the unthinkable and actually voting to leave, Brexit substantially increases the likelihood that other members of the European Union will also seek to break away. Remember, just two years after the UK similarly rejected the gold standard back in 1931 there were just 12 remaining members versus the 45 that had previously been committed. And the so far robust performance of the UK economy since the vote will do little to dissuade others from following suit.
So we have the precedent from a much earlier time (the 1930s) when the defection of just one member from a currency union caused the system to unwind rapidly. And we can clearly sense the seeds of another popular political revolt in other member countries; a flurry of upcoming elections and referendums provides an immediate catalyst.
First of all we have the still too close to call US presidential election where a Trump victory would be hailed as a triumph for the same arguments that led to Brexit. Closer to home there is the Italian referendum on constitutional reform set for the first week in December, where it looks increasingly likely the government will be defeated.
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