While Chris is away, please enjoy the presentation that he gave at Porcfest this year where he provided his latest thoughts on the unsustainable trajectory of global debt and energy consumption. He explained that the U.S. government has accumulated massive debt, doubling its total in just four years, leading to rising interest payments that exacerbate the inflationary spiral. Chris warned that the economy is nearing a critical breaking point due to its reliance on continuous growth in a finite world. He emphasized that energy, especially oil and coal, underpins modern economies, with no country able to achieve prosperity without high energy consumption.
Finally, connected the ongoing energy crisis with the policies of the World Economic Forum, suggesting that the elite are preparing for a future of limited resources. He urged the audience to understand the compounding nature of debt and energy constraints and prepare for significant economic and societal disruptions.
Excellent presentation! Thank you.
It strikes me the same way. Energy, fiat money system that must grow, and debt denominated in that fiat money. No jubalee because the debt service is someone elseâs wealth. Our only hope lies in AI and nuclear power. But even that is limited by resources. Your explanation was very well constructed. Great job!
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Fascinating interview supporting Chris mentioning countries going to war to steal energy (Read: Oil)
Starts to make Michael Yonâs paradigm deal make a whole lot of sense, no? Twenty years of oil from Iraq to Israel stopped in 2023. And, now Israelâs going to war against Iran because terrorism? Just checked my old turnip truck wounds and theyâre still healed, so Iâm pretty sure terrorism is the Wizard of Oz and oilâs Professor Marvel pulling levers behind the curtain.
Im a bit opposed to this âchildren card in crisisâ as it is very new concept, only some 100 years that kids are somehow valuable. It depends on environment and culture. In american post 1950s culture it is extremely âvaluableâ but countryside with someone having 10 kids well they dont always remember all of their names.
Im criticizing as there is always agenda to get NGO funding or something like that using kids as cover to extract guilt,fear,hatred.
Very very old tradition is to send kids and moms outta crisis zone ASAP when things get hot.
In forever wars (multidecade), it is logical mindset move to attrition to destroy enemy side kids so their future is in jeopardy. Human mind works this way.
I appreciate that and have experienced using children, women, hospitals, schools, and mosques as cover in Lebanon in '83 and '84 by Islamic factions in certain parts of Beirut. Iâve also observed a Marine sniper in Beirut take out what appeared to me to be a teenage boy taking shots at Marines located near the perimeter of BIA. He was specifically targeted and killed because he bore arms and was engaging in warfare. Not the same as a .50 cal round from a sniper into the chest or head of a small unarmed child with photographic receipts from the volunteer doctors treating casualties. Thatâs a war crime regardless of whose side your on.
I want to hear both sides to make my own decision as Iâm sure you do as well. Iâve really only witnessed (back in '83 and '84) brutality from one side, that of the PLO and other Islamic factions in Lebanon. They were brutal and evil, no question about it. However, these eyewitnesses including bragging Israeli soldiers is the same thing, child/woman exploitation or not.
Even if the videos and dozens of reports from Gaza and Lebanon regarding Israel joining in on the war crimes/brutality against children are not convincing, itâs given for another perspective from a different point of view. Thanks for your comment. It was thoughtful and reasoned.
Iâve literally watch hundreds of hours of Martenson from early Crash Course days, to covid, FLCCC, Brownstone, etc.
This is a ârock solidâ analysis of how we got here & our likely trajectory forward.
Thank you for encouraging us to develop an âoutside the boxâ solution seeking midset.
Chris has an amazingly broad, sharply honed skillset, discerning âthe times and the seasonsâ in which we live.
His ability to digest & then translate, highly technical topics into concise relatable language is unique.
Iâve watched Chris tackle âThe Great Takingâ & seen him âlock hornsâ on the Trump assassination attempt, expending literally hundreds of hours of painstaking research to bring these topics to light, when he could/should have been preparing his own homestead.
Thank you for once again encouraging me to prioritize my own financial, physical & emotional resiliance.
Libyaâs problem wasnât that they tried to sell oil in another currency. It was that Qaddafi tried to replace French CFA Francs with a gold backed Libyan Dinar. They allow France to get African goods by printing CFA Francs. The same scheme the US has with the dollar. France wasnât happy about it and led the effort to overthrow Qaddafi.
Then makes perfect sense china is hiding their actual gold stockpiles. Economic bad times also benefit them that not taken as seriously as before. Now it seems North Korea is way more in news than China was last3-4 years due to covid and before that threatening sanctions against china constantly. So it was most of all economic.
My expectation, sometime in the near future, China will announce they have more gold than US Treasury. At that point, they will state, they expect to have equal SDR and/or equal standing in global trade. Possible even back their (BRICS?) based currency on gold. Maybe even demand an audit of UST gold holdings.
Do they wait inevitable oil market crash(ie amount of oil is declining very fast, not even invading another Iraq can save country like US) and economy is so bad domestic turmoil prevents blackmailing and intervening china in that scenario? I would think they wait these factors to come in play, it must be timed and played just right. Western weakening economy then allows gold,silver prices to rise. âStrongâ dollar and pound now allows gold price to be manipulated much lower. If chinese manage to pull this economic dynamic right, US has scenario of escaping funders and buyers of bonds, thus their have to cut all gov spending including always prioritized military.
Libya, Syria, Russia did just parts of these details thus they are pressured or were totally overrun [Libya]. Russia also has gold but it wasnt much help as have to ship it physically and find a buyer, both dangerous tasks.
