As many of us know, there have been predictions made on and on and on about the downfall of Western civilization for years.
Well I thought I would draw attention or rather bring an update into people's minds on this topic from Gerald Celente and the Trends Research
Institute.
Already we can say that the indicators are moving in the direction of some of his predictions for the year of 2010.
Let's review some of the predictions first shall we?
The Trends Research Institute 2010
The Collapse of 2010
In November of 2007, we predicted the "Panic of ’08." There was a panic. In November of 2008, we forecast the "Collapse of ’09." In March
‘09, the global equity markets collapsed. But before they could crash all the way to the ground, a scaffold of emergency props was erected. An
unparalleled array of government cash infusions, rescue packages, bailouts and incentives papered over the crisis.
Today, even as government spokesmen and the major media proclaim that the world is emerging from its near-cataclysmic recession, we predict the
"Crash of 2010." The rising equity markets, on which claims of recovery are based, are worlds away from the hard reality of the streets....
More taxation from the govt. in order to pay for these new services they're "giving" to us with "Universal Healthcare." So it's really easy to
figure out, more taxes equals lesser money for us which equals less money in the economy which equals an even deeper hole we get into financially.
TB or not TB
About two-thirds of Americans are Too Big (TB) for their own good and everyone else’s. We forecast a massed revulsion for TB in all its
manifestations – obesity is only the most obvious.
Everything in America is TB . Houses, cars, debt loads, deficits, state budgets, the states themselves, foreign aid, military budgets, bureaucracies
local, state, federal and “too big to fail” businesses – they’re all Too Big.
Apart from government action, the “Shape Up” trend will provide a wide array of business opportunities.....
You can see with the recent passage of the Healthcare bill that things in govt. really are simply getting a little too big for everything to survive
in the American Republic.
The Next Big Think
The next colossal casualty of the Internet Revolution will be TV/cable networks. Technological innovations already in place will enable enterprising
upstarts to gouge out large chunks of market share from daytime, primetime, news and opinion-based programming.
Just as the print media was blindsided by the online assault and responded with strategies that proved counterproductive, the networks are already
making moves guaranteed to weaken their franchises. Techno-guerilla warriors, producers, impresarios, entrepreneurs and investors will not only carve
out lucrative niches, but will also prove influential in effecting sociological, cultural and even political change......
This one we can see easily taking place with the use of such programs found in this thread like Google TV Ads where you can easily make use of private
low cost advertising for cheap on national cable television in comparison to what the big guys cost.
How I Ran an Ad on Fox News
Terrorism 2010
While we can’t predict precise dates or the magnitude of terror attacks, we can be fairly certain they are on the way. The “Fort Hood Gunman”
is being recognized by the intelligence community as the poster boy for an alarming new terror phenomenon termed “lone-wolf, self-radicalized
gunmen.”
Years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq – and now Pakistan – have intensified anti-American sentiment and increased the number of individuals seeking
revenge. NATO allies contributing troops to the wars will also be targeted......
While terrorism is typical for America in this day and age, he is right in the fact that we will most likely see more lone wolf actions taking place
in this year as the monetary supply overall runs out and more and more people turn to desperation for a way out.
Neo-Survivalism
In 2010, survivalism will go mainstream. Unemployed or fearing it, foreclosed or nearing it, pensions lost and savings gone, all sorts of folk who
once believed in the system have lost their faith.
Motivated not by worst-case scenario fears but by do-or-die necessity, the new non-believers, unwilling to go under or live on the streets, will
devise ingenious stratagems to beat the system, get off the grid (as much as possible), and stay under the radar......
The ones who don't flip out like so many have already and will in the future, are obviously already seeing many people from here on ATS themselves
heading for the boondocks and setting up camp to try and wait out the $*!tride.
To see more of these predictions for 2010, go to the link at the top of this post.