The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
George Friedmanamazon.com
The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
The Origins of Wokeness
paulgraham.comThe bullet to our head, inevitable if we do not radically alter course, will be sudden. We have been borrowing at the rate of more than $2 billion a day over the last ten years, and at some point it has to stop. The moment China, the oil-rich states, and other international investors stop buying U.S. Treasury Bonds, the dollar will become junk. Inf
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
While deficits of $1T+ per year, with debt repayments of nearly $1T themselves, people think this is unsustainable short term and will combust. I disagree, there is atleast a 5-10 year runway without the existential crisis, however as I said in TechDollar 1, it will get worse every year, the money printing will exacerbate all the issues internally ... See more
Dan • Tech Dollar 2: The War of the Worlds and Fate of the Dollar
As often happens in civil wars, the national government would split in two. Every federal institution—from Congress, federal courts, and the various executive departments to the armed forces, intelligence agencies, and border patrol—would abruptly and awkwardly rupture according to personal loyalties.