80/20 slow collapse

80/20 SLOW COLLAPSE


Welcome to the slow collapse. I don’t say this is light of the last two weeks, first with the contrived budget showdown ( of course they aren’t going to NOT pay their own salaries, I can’t imagine why anyone thought they needed to panic ) and then with either the start of the end ( French bank panic ) or just another false alarm of the start of the end of trade, commerce and credit based on global fiat currencies ( I’m writing this on Sunday morning, and there is no available news access here at the Bison Compound so I have little idea what goes on in the world every weekend ). Those events surely highlighted the continued economic depression’s inevitability, but they were more likely sideshows rather than the main act. I say this because, surely, we can all now agree that there simply is no recovery, there won’t ever be a recovery and things can only get worse. I think there is little argument that the next phase is already well under way. Honestly, can any of you say that business as usual isn’t headed for the cliff? I understand none of us knows the timeline, but can’t we all agree that it is guaranteed to happen soon? Doesn’t recent events put the final stamp of approval on our demise? Now, I don’t label this article 80/20 because I believe there is only an 80% chance of collapse. The collapse, of whatever velocity or severity, has already been solidly confirmed. By years of evidence. No, the 80/20 refers to a 20% chance that the edge of the waterfall collapse is within sight, or, in other words, the slow collapse is confirmed and now, should we be even more worried?

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Stop worrying about preps as if a collapse might happen. It is already happening. A slowdown in the growth of negative economic numbers is NOT a recovery. When a commentator says, and I believe I’m pretty close to an accurate quote here from the radio, “The initial jobless claims were only 300,000 last month, far lower than experts expected, and indicating a solid recovery”, this is only telling you that the statistics are so bad, they are spinning decline as recover. The only thing that fuels a recovery is POSSITIVE job growth, not a less than last month increase in the unemployment rate. The only thing keeping bread prices from $10 a loaf and gasoline from $15 a gallon is the velocity of money has either stopped or slowed almost to that point ( see Ure’s site for more on velocity, he’s the expert. My take on it is that all the extra is going into financial plays and none into the general economy, so consumer prices aren’t rising anywhere near as fast as a 200% of GNP money creation would normally indicate ). It certainly doesn’t point to recovery.

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The slow economic collapse started in 2007 or 2008 and it has not stopped. Only the rate of collapse varies. That said, what are you waiting for? I understand that times are tough, the spouse isn’t on board and you are concerned with not saving money since the pink slip could be any week. But you are asking the wrong question. You say, how can I prep without the resources. I would ask, how can you live paycheck to paycheck when you could lose your job at any time? You are doing everything you can to hang on to your present lifestyle. I understand this, as everything works against you. You have little to no resources to escape. The rent is too high, but that just means you can’t save up for a cheaper alternative. I grant you the difficulty. But, if the collapse is a hard reality that won’t go away, what happens when you do lose your job? Automatic homelessness, right? I’m wagering that there is a backup plan. Living in your car. Right? You desperately hang on and hope, and once you are unemployed ( as wonderfully portrayed by Of Two Minds blog, the only reason the corporations are even making money right now is that they are profiting by the weakening of the dollar- if European currencies fall, that goes away and massive corporate failures ensure your unemployment [ amongst other job threats, this is probably the most immediate one ] ), you have the option of hanging in there until you can’t make the car payment or insurance premium.

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That is the suckiest plan I could come up with. That is fine in a functioning economy when you know you can get another job. It sucks rabid dogs ass in an economy that is on track to get worse month after month. And you thought my junk land plan was bad? You think the spouse will never move there? Try getting her to live in a car. She will at least consider junk land. She can put up with some discomfort moving towards a Hippie 70’s existence ( starting small, building towards a Birkenstock tree hugging permaculture and geodesic dome life, with swings for the kids under a tree, gardening for fresh dinner salad, feeding the chickens for fresh eggs, etc. ). If you try to move her to the car, she will stay in the passenger seat just long enough for you to drop her and the kids off at the court building so she can file for divorce, sue for child support, flirt with the first single civil servant she sees and can move in with. Bitches complain a guy only loves his penis, but a mother’s love for a husband usually stops along with a paycheck.

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You now have irrefutable proof that the slow economic collapse is here to stay ( no, not just because I say, but because growth has halted. Not just slowed as in a recession, but stopped completely. Growth did not stop during the 30’s Depression, it just moved to the public sector-as evidenced by the almost complete population being employed in the war which ended the Depression ). Declining energy-no, not end of energy, just declining availability-guarantees no real growth. You have a huge, flashing, blinking neon sign giving you warning. I would strongly advise getting a better plan than house living until unemployment and moving to the car which will soon be repoed. Of course it won’t be easy. But it will be much harder the longer you wait. The house payment, the car payment, the job, all are on short term loan to you, at ridiculous prices. You WILL lose everything you “invested” ( news flash, your investment has been targeted to keep the banks afloat awhile longer ). I guarantee you. Move towards needing less and less money every month. It is your only viable option.

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