{"id":59338,"date":"2021-09-16T18:38:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T23:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59338"},"modified":"2021-09-16T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T23:38:35","slug":"a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-systemic-collapse-and-pandemic-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59338","title":{"rendered":"A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Systemic Collapse and Pandemic Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pagetitleloading background-imaged loading-dark\">\n<div class=\"pagetitle item imagewrapper full-image\">\n<div class=\"posttitle slidecaptionwrap\">\n<div class=\"slidecaptioncenter container\">\n<div class=\"slidecaption\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3 class=\"title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thephilosophicalsalon.com\/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-systemic-collapse-and-pandemic-simulation\/?fbclid=IwAR3NsSrwBF4Jc5KECcf0PQy92Cbcuy7TsFQ0vD_7LkT_WWCA7lHND3QKVxg\">A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE AND PANDEMIC SIMULATION<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"backstretch\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thephilosophicalsalon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-karolina-grabowska-4386476-1500x2250.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"rightside\">\n<div class=\"postcontentwrap\">\n<div class=\" sharingwrap-replacer replacer\">A year and a half after the arrival of Virus, some may have started wondering why the usually unscrupulous ruling elites decided to freeze the global profit-making machine in the face of a pathogen that targets almost exclusively the unproductive (over 80s). Why all the humanitarian zeal? <em>Cui bono<\/em>? Only those who are unfamiliar with the wondrous adventures of GloboCap can delude themselves into thinking that the system chose to shut down out of\u00a0<em>compassion<\/em>. Let us be clear from the start: the big predators of oil, arms, and vaccines could not care less about humanity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightcontent\">\n<div class=\"postcontent content\">\n<p><strong><i>Follow the money<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In pre-Covid times, the world economy was on the verge of another colossal meltdown. Here is a brief chronicle of how the pressure was building up:<\/p>\n<p><u>June 2019<\/u>: In its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.org\/publ\/arpdf\/ar2019e.pdf\"><em>Annual Economic Report<\/em><\/a>, the Swiss-based Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the \u2018Central Bank of all central banks\u2019, sets the international alarm bells ringing. The document highlights \u201coverheating [\u2026] in the leveraged loan market\u201d, where \u201ccredit standards have been deteriorating\u201d and \u201ccollateralized loan obligations (CLOs) have surged \u2013 reminiscent of the steep rise in collateralized debt obligations [CDOs] that amplified the subprime crisis [in 2008].\u201d Simply stated, the belly of the financial industry is once again full of junk.<\/p>\n<p><u>9 August 2019<\/u>: The BIS issues a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.org\/publ\/work804.pdf\">working paper<\/a>\u00a0calling for \u201cunconventional monetary policy measures\u201d to \u201c<em>insulate the real economy<\/em>\u00a0from further deterioration in financial conditions\u201d. The paper indicates that, by offering \u201cdirect credit to the economy\u201d during a crisis, central bank lending \u201ccan replace commercial banks in providing loans to firms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><u>15 August 2019:<\/u>\u00a0Blackrock Inc., the world\u2019s most powerful investment fund (managing around $7 trillion in stock and bond funds), issues a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrock.com\/corporate\/literature\/whitepaper\/bii-macro-perspectives-august-2019.pdf\">white paper<\/a>\u00a0titled\u00a0<em>Dealing with the next downturn<\/em>. Essentially, the paper instructs the US Federal Reserve to inject liquidity\u00a0<em>directly<\/em> into the financial system to prevent \u201ca dramatic downturn.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE AND PANDEMIC SIMULATION A year and a half after the arrival of Virus, some may have started wondering why the usually unscrupulous ruling elites decided to freeze the global profit-making machine in the face of a pathogen that targets almost exclusively the unproductive (over 80s). Why all the humanitarian zeal? 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