It feels like everything is coming to a tipping point. Everything simultaneously. We’re in an “everything bubble”, Ai is about to destroy our jobs, everything we once owned is now a subscription based service or an outright scam, medical insurance is higher and less accessible than ever.. housing.. food.. credit card debt and education debt at record highs.. it’s all a runaway train.
I don’t see us coming out of this without a complete reset (after a crash that would make 1929 look like a picnic)..
I’d like to know what you guys think.
Could the United States collapse?
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Anything can happen. Betting against the US is a losing game, so I’m acting as if it won’t. It might be akin to an unprecedented natural disaster if it does. In which case, we need to live our lives in the meantime. If you can move to Europe, you’d likely have more affordable healthcare, but you’d probably be more vulnerable in a global conflict.
They deported all my workers -_-
With Republicans in charge of everything I’d be legit relieved if we just get a 2008 style meltdown and not a 1929 style collapse.
Not immediatly.
If we elect Trump to a 3rd term we will invade and loot all of South America and Canada, that will keep the country going for a long, long time (albeit horrifically).
If we don’t we might start recovering, especially once the baby boomers are gone and we’re forced to deal with the collapse of capitalism.
Hasn’t it already?
Looking at the trajectory of the American debt, one can truly question things now!
It’s clear that Trump’s America no longer wants to be the world’s policeman superpower, but rather seeks to retreat in order to prolong its power as long as possible.
However, China, which claims the status of the world’s leading superpower, will have to face numerous challenges in the coming decades, including a demographic time bomb that could shatter all Chinese hopes.
It could be as if China will grow old before it grows rich.
Under these circumstances, the question is more relevant than ever: who will be the world’s leading superpower in 30 years?
Well… I’m not American and am sitting outside the US, but my portfolio is 95% US and most of my cash is in USD. This set-up gives me great returns. Just to calm you down, if US would collapse, everything else would collapse as well. The Chinese would reject it, but US is even for China a system relevant economy.
I get where you’re coming from, but I really believe a lot of the things we worry about are just fear amplified by the media.
I’m just as tired as everyone else of the constant negative news. But when I’m actually out in the world, I see something completely different.
People are still going to concerts, theme parks, restaurants everywhere you look, life is happening. If things were truly as bad as the media makes them seem, no one would be out spending money or enjoying themselves.
It feels like we’re being misled once again by the media cycle.
Give this video a spin, it’s short. Come back and tell us what you think.
https://youtu.be/uqsBx58GxYY
Let me put it this way: you should be glad you’re alive right now rather than during the Great Depression.
Rich are getting more richer, and poor are getting poorer
This is ridiculous
We’re in slow collapse so really we have 10+ more years of this.
r/collapse. And while what’s happening right now in the US is bad, these things will take the entirety of civilization down.
The federal government, yes, the 83,000 other governments, less likely
Between all the golf and naps, I’m surprised she even gets anything done……oh, wait….
We are declining for sure, with no solutions to fix it. 90’s was the golden age for the US, and the reality is that every state that has a golden age leaves it.
IMHO, we are returning to the economy we had before the 1920’s. People can survive, but living for the middle class is hard, and most people are poor.
And good opportunities can only come via major government program, like when the federal government makes federal land available for drilling, or when they were handing out free land in the west for homesteaders. Or even major projects like the hoover dam.